Title:
Letter from John Muir to [William] Colby, 1911 Jan 30.
Creator:
John Muir
Publisher:
The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of
the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Contributor:
[William] Colby
Date:
1911 Jan 30
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir20_0092-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions unknown.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
Los Angeles
Rights:
Copyrighted
The unpublished works of John Muir are copyrighted by the Muir-Hanna Trust. To purchase copies of images and/or obtain permission
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Muir-Hanna Trust
1984
Transcription:
Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 30, 1911. 325 West Adams Street. Dear Mr. Colby:- Here I am again. Mr. Scott, the President
of the Century Company, called on me today and told me that he was going to get out a new edition of The Mountains of California.
He is to restore the gilt edges that he scraped off some time ago, and the gilt lettering, and wants to add a dozen or so
of new full page illustrations. I don t think it will be safe to allow him to choose those illustrations so I would like to
have you send me about two dozen of the best photographs of the Mt. Whitney and Tyndall region, and of Lyell and Dana, and
if you have any, one or two views of Mt. Shasta, a good view of Tamalpais, two or three general views of Yosemite and Hetch
Hetchy, and at least one good general view of the King s River. Send two or three dozen and I will choose what like best,
and have them charged to my account. I am glad to hear that Keith is improving, though I fear this rainy weather must be
very trying to him. Faithfully yours, John Muir