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American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.30, July 20, 1882 Jul 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.30, July 20, 1882

American Christian Review

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Bee-Pastures Of California In Two Parts.:-Ii'', John Muir Jun 1882

Bee-Pastures Of California In Two Parts.:-Ii'', John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE BEE-PASTURES OF CALIFORNIA. IN TWO PARTS: II. IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY.—WHITE SAGE. Regarding Mount Shasta comprehensively torrid plain deep into the. cold azure, we find from a bee point of view, encircled by its the first five thousand feet from the. summit many climates, and sweeping aloft from the pretty generally snow-clad, and therefore are about as flowerless 3tA honeyless as the sea. The Jc of this arctic region is I jpniled by a belt of naked la'va swastiring about a thousand feet 9 vertical breadth. Beautiful Sdiens enliven the faces of the efiffs with their bright colors, …


American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.25, June 15, 1882 Jun 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.25, June 15, 1882

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.21, May 18, 1882 May 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.21, May 18, 1882

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.13, March 23, 1882 Mar 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.13, March 23, 1882

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.6, February 2, 1882 Feb 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.6, February 2, 1882

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.5, January 26, 1882 Jan 1882

American Christian Review, Vol.25, No.5, January 26, 1882

American Christian Review

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In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

In Plover Bay. Reindeer Farming On The Arctic Shores Of Siberia. Graphic Description Of Reindeer Farmers And Their Flocks. Glacier Groovings-Desolate Appearance Of The Land. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin, Plover Bay, Siberia, August 26, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

FLOYER BA. Written, Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 26 " ___ Reindeer Fanning om the Arctic Shores of giteria,, ic escipptija of Reindeer Glacier Groovlngs—Oesolata of SJt3 band. Appearance "Corwin" ffVl '" '"'. I ,; .- , , O {special correspondence of the fullettin.] Steamer Corwin, } Plover Bat, Siberia, August 26,1881. ( This morning a party from the ship went to the head of the bayunder the guidance of a pair of Ts chuckchis to see a flock of reindeer that 'they told us was there. The distance, we found, is about eighteen miles from the lower harbor, where …


Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir Oct 1881

Out Of The Arctic. The Most Northerly Coal Mine In The World. The Corwin In A Gale-Effects Of The Northern Current. The Diomedes-Dangers To Navigation In Behring Strait. The Point Barrow Signal Service Expedition-What It Expects To Do. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia), August 25, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written., Aug. 25, 1881 Pub. Oct. 25 'Corwin'* The Most Northerly Goal Sine m the World. 'iTlie Corwin In a dale—Effects of the Northern Current. "Tie JDioaioeies—Stuoceaw to Navigation in Be&uriag Strait. IBe Poiat Barrow Signal Service Hzpedi- tioa—What It EspecSs to Do. [SPECIAL COERESr-ONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Stsames Corwin (Plover Bay, Siberia),.) August 25,1881. ) We left icy, gloomy Point Barrow on the afternoon of the 18th, with fine Arctic weather, which held out good hopes that we would be able to lie two days at the mine twenty miles cast of Cape Lisburne, and take out and get …


The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir Sep 1881

The Jeanette Search. Exploration Of Herald Island-No Signs Of The Missing Ship. Dangers Of Arctic Exploration-Fauna And Flora Of The North. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Steamer Corwin (Off Herald Island), Arctic Ocean, July 31, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

written, July 31, 1881 Pub. Sep. 28 " EVENING "GorwiiF THE JEAimETTE SEARCH. Exploration of Herald Island—No Signs of the Missing Ship. JJasgfers of Arctic Exploration—Fauna and Flora of tlie Worth. Written, July 51, Pub. Sep. 29 1681 •IT' P Q '- this lowest portion being about half a mile, and the average width about two miles.:'The entire island is a mass of granite, with the exception of a patch of meiamorphie slate near the center, and no doubt owes its existence with so considerable a highly to the superior resistance this granite offered to the degrading action of the …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.34, August 23, 1881 Aug 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.34, August 23, 1881

American Christian Review

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At St. Michael's. An Arctic Summer Scene-Description Of The Trading Post Yukon River Indian Trappers-Outfitting The Corwin. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 20, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

At St. Michael's. An Arctic Summer Scene-Description Of The Trading Post Yukon River Indian Trappers-Outfitting The Corwin. St. Michael's, Alaska, June 20, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, June 20,1881 Pub. Aug. 16, " SIGHTS HSF THE ARCTIC. jSt. MiciaeUs—Native Trailers of the Far North. "Corwin- J 2,1 tracings of tie Ancient lee Flood- Siberian Villages. $.n Arctic Hunter's Home—Esquimo Qemeteries. ttJ u2/iV 1 O at. Ml t 'V STanna and TIoto. off the Frozen Zone- [FROM THE BULLETIN'S SPECIAL COSBESPONBBNT.] The following correspondence supplementary Jo what was published in the Bulletin yesterday Was also received by the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer St. Paul, from the Bulletin's Special correspondent of the Far North : AT ST. MICHAEL'S. ftu Arcsic S-KEKiner Scene—Description of the 'iTsutaaa Fst—YuJUon River ludi&n …


St. Laurence Island. Arctic Volcanoes-A Land Of Lava And Craters-A Ghastly Scene In An Arctic Golgotha-The Work Of A Famine. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3, 1881., John Muir Aug 1881

St. Laurence Island. Arctic Volcanoes-A Land Of Lava And Craters-A Ghastly Scene In An Arctic Golgotha-The Work Of A Famine. Steamer Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written, July 2, 1881 Pub. Aug. 15, r f ST. LAURENCE ISLAND. Arctic Volcanoes—A liand of Lava and t'sraters—A C!Siafly cesie in an Arctic Cxolgotiia—The Work of a Jlfauiine. Steamek Corwin, St. Laurence Island, Alaska, July 3,1881. f St. Laurence Island, the largest in Behring Sea, is situated at a distance of about {So} miles off the mouths of the Yukon, and 45 miles from the nearest point on the Coast of Siberia.., ', _,_~S3nH ARCTIC VOLCANOES;-j-' —-- It is.,about,100 miles m length from east to west and J5..miles in. average width ; a dreary, cheerless looking mass of black …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.31, August 2, 1881 Aug 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.31, August 2, 1881

American Christian Review

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The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes Of The Group-Glaciers And Volcanoes. Fauna And Flora Of The Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) (By The Alaska Commercial Company's Steamer Dora ... The Following Delayed Letter ... Came To Hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

The Aleutian Islands. Geological Notes Of The Group-Glaciers And Volcanoes. Fauna And Flora Of The Group-Agricultural Notes-The Inhabitants. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) (By The Alaska Commercial Company's Steamer Dora ... The Following Delayed Letter ... Came To Hand:) Ounalaska, May 21, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Written,May 21,1681 Pub. July 25, " THE ALEUTI&IJ ISLANDS. •Gorwia' $elog;xcal Jfotes of tie &rdup--(*laeiers jakd YolcaMoes, raooa an4 Flora of tia Group—Agricultural IT of.es—Tie laftaMtaarts. ESPECIAL COEBESPOKDEMCE OF THS BULLKTIN.J ft y i? •t By the Alaska Commercial Company's steamer Dora which arrived in port last Saturday from Oonalaska, the following delayed letter from the Bulletin's special correspondent in the Arctic came to hand: U, malasxa, May 21,1881. The Aleutian chain of islands is one of the most remarkable and interesting to be found on the globe sweepisg in a regular curve a. thou- santl-irjires long from the end …


At St. Paul. The Fur Seals Of The Pribilof Group-Habits Of The Natives-The Annual Catch Of Fur Seals-Physical Appearance Of The Islands. St. Paul, Alaska, May 23, 1881., John Muir Jul 1881

At St. Paul. The Fur Seals Of The Pribilof Group-Habits Of The Natives-The Annual Catch Of Fur Seals-Physical Appearance Of The Islands. St. Paul, Alaska, May 23, 1881., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

VOLUME MI— IVUMB R 80. -tT-AAj-v\/_ Writtan,May 23, 1881 Pub. July 13 THE ARTIC SEARCH. First News of the Missing WhaHng Barks. Their Deplorable Fate—Sad Story •f Disaster and Death. The Corwia's Cruise—In the Iee Pack Off the Siberian Coast. Loss of a KuMer—An Arctic Gale—Outfitting: a Land Expedition. Intercourse wiili t3ie Natives—Soiae Traits of EsJjoiaJio Character. Slijsical Features of the Siberian Coast. 2 [SPECIAL correspondence op the buixetix.] Through the arrival of the whaling bark Thomas Pope, which reached port from the Arctic yesterday afternoon, we have received the following interesting and newsy letters from John Muir, the-Bulletin's special …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.27, July 5, 1881 Jul 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.27, July 5, 1881

American Christian Review

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Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 Jun 21., John Muir Jun 1881

Letter From [John Muir] To [Louie Strentzel Muir], 1881 Jun 21., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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St Michaels, Alaska, June 21, 1881. 2.15.P.M.

Sunshine dear Louie, sunshine all the day, ripe & mellow sunshine, like that which feeds the fruits & vines. it came to us just [illegible] days ago when we were approaching this little old fashioned trading post at the mouth of the Yukon River. How sweet & kindly & reviving it is after so long & deep a burial beneath dark sleety storm clouds. For a whole month it snowed everyday some days only for an hour or two, some days all day but never one in all the month in …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.24, June 14, 1881 Jun 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.24, June 14, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.19, May 10, 1881 May 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.19, May 10, 1881

American Christian Review

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Wild Sheep Of The Sierra., John Muir Apr 1881

Wild Sheep Of The Sierra., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

Scribner's Monthly. Vol, XXII. MAY, 1881 No. THE WILD SHEEP OF THE SIERRA. i)L, The wild sheep ranks highest among the -animal mountaineers of the Sierra. Possessed of keen sight and scent, immovable nerye, and strong limbs, he dwells secure ?amid the loftiest summits of the Alps, from Ijone extremity of the range to the other; leaping unscathed from crag to crag, up and Vdown the fronts of giddy precipices, crossing foaming torrents and slopes of frozen snow, exposed to the wildest storms, yet maintaining a brave, warm life, and developing from generation to generation in perfect strength and beauty. …


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.16, April 19, 1881 Apr 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.16, April 19, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.15, April 12, 1881 Apr 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.15, April 12, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.13, March 29, 1881 Mar 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.13, March 29, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.9, March 1, 1881 Feb 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.9, March 1, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.7, February 15, 1881 Feb 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.7, February 15, 1881

American Christian Review

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Resources Of Alaska. Interesting Lecture By John Muir, Before The Sacramento Literary Institute., John Muir Jan 1881

Resources Of Alaska. Interesting Lecture By John Muir, Before The Sacramento Literary Institute., John Muir

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)

THE DAILYJiECQRMJKiON. WEDNESDAY .I.1KITAR1 19, SSSI 6Ysvf:r.^rsv:^"--XT? Ka.KTION. RESOURCES OF ALASKA. Interesting Lecture by John Muir, Before the Sacramento Literary Institute. The first lecture of the season before the I Sacramento Literary Institute was delivered by John Muir at the Congregational Church last evening, upon "The Resources of Alaska." There was a good audience, and the lecture, which was replete with interest throughout, was listened to with most marked attention. The mountains, streams and general features of the Territory were described with a familiarity and clearness which indicated a close study and intimate knowledge of the subject, and which, with …


Afghanistan: A Short Account Of Afghanistan, Its History, And Our Dealings With It, Philip Francis Walker Jan 1881

Afghanistan: A Short Account Of Afghanistan, Its History, And Our Dealings With It, Philip Francis Walker

Books in English

19th century history of Afghanistan and its foreign relations with Great Britain.


With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun Jan 1881

With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun

Books in English

Description of the Kurram Valley--Preparations for the Campaign--Advance of the force from the Peiwar Kotal--The action of the Peiwar Kotal, and events to 1st January 1879--Expedition to the Khost Valley, and events in January 1879--Preparations for the advance to Cabul


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.49, December 7, 1880 Dec 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.49, December 7, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.