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OFFICE OF JOSEPH J.PERKINS ATTORNEY AT LAW NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS. ETC. ..FOR.. ARIZONA GEORGIA
MICHIGAN NEW YORK OREGON COLORADO ILLINOIS MISSOURI NEW MEXICO PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA LOUISIANA MASSACHUYSETTS
OHIO In re........... Panta Barbara, bal. March 29,1910. Mr.John Muir, Martinez,Cal. My dear Sir:- For the last fire
weeks, with as much patienceas I could command, I have been submitting to an enforced rest-as a penalty for too much work
and too little recreation. During this rest, I have had ample time to read for the second or third time, two of your books
- entitled Our National Parks and The Mountains of California , respectively. I scarcely know how to express to you my cordial
appreciation of those two volumes; not only for the accurate information they contain, but for the literary merit of the text-the
grace, rythm and strength of its style and the charm of its descriptions. It is, in short, poetic prose throughout. I cannot
tell you how much I have enjoyed them. And when night came, bringing little sleep to overtired nerves, I followed you over
the trails and through the forests, in imagination, still recalling the charm of your descriptions and trying to see through
your eyes. The two volumes are a monument to your patience, endurance and industry. Every lover of nature owes you a debt
of gratitude, which he will find it difficult to discharge. As evidence that I am not altogether a tenderfoot , I might mention,
incidentally, that I came from Boston to Santa Barbara 04739