Title:
Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1902 Apr 17.
Creator:
R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson
Publisher:
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Contributor:
John Muir
Date:
1902 Apr 17
2008
Type:
Text
Format:
Image/jpeg2000
Identifier:
muir12_0368-md-1
Source:
Original letter dimensions: 26.5 x 21 cm.
Language:
eng
Coverage:
New York
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Transcription:
April 17, 1902. R.W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. V. JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. My dear Muir:
I cannot tell from your note on Mr. Powers s letter of the 29th of March whether you have yet given him permission to use
your dog story as an advertisement. We think it would be very unadvisable for you to do so, and we have been considering for
some time how we could best make a separate publication of this story. We are now trying an experiment with another story
of about the same length; if that is a success we shall probably follow with others no doubt with Stickeen. I wonder what
Shakspere would think if he saw the play of Hamlet used to sell Danish bloodhounds It strikes me that literature is now in
a bad way. However, I am going to publish my collected poems next month and try to elevate the standard of the profession.
Yours cordially, illegible Associate Editor. illegible 02990