Title:
Letter from Thomas Price to John Muir, 1913 Apr 7.
Creator:
Thomas Price
Publisher:
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1913 Apr 7
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir21_0286-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 28 x 21.5 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
Rights:
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Transcription:
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,EXECUTIVE OFFICES, ALEX. MILLAR, SECRETARY. 165BROADWAY. BR BR THOMAS PRICE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY.
NEW YORK, April 7, 1915. Mr. John Muir,Martinez,California. My dear Mr. Muir:- I received on Saturday a copy of the
first part of what I hope will eventually prove your completed auto-biography I had, of course, read the various sections
of it as they appeared in the Atlantic Monthly. I notice that all the criticisms appearing in the various magazines and newspapers
around here are decidedly favorable, and an amateur like myself feels that he has nothing to say after reading all that the
experts think about such a work. Because I liked it in sections, I am busy reading it again as a book, and I am enjoying it
even more than I did the first time. It must be fine to write books that sell well, but it is infinitely finer to write books
that sell well because they are good, and because they have a tendency to take people back to nature. I am very grateful
to you for sending me a copy. Sincerely yours, PC-