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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.22, May 31, 1881 May 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.22, May 31, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


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.8, February 22, 1881 Feb 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.8, February 22, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.5, February 1, 1881 Jan 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.5, February 1, 1881

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


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 …


What Made The Soil Rich., John Muir Dec 1880

What Made The Soil Rich., John Muir

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

GEOLOGICAL FORMATION OF THE COUNTRY. Geology of the County. This county has never had a scientific geological survey and our information is rather restricted except for the mountain ranges and mining regions. The general topography and geological features indicate that this great valley has been the bed of a vast inland sea, whose tranquil waters for ages have received the wash and wear of the surrounding mountains, until at the lowest depression deposits of diluvium thousands of feet deep have been made, which have been superimposed by the present soil during the subsidence of the waters. The foothills also bear …


California Alps., John Muir Dec 1880

California Alps., John Muir

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

REMOVAL AND LOCATION OF THE CAPITOL. 65 Fourth Session—Convened at Vallcjo, January 2, 1853; removed to Benicia, February 4, 185S. Fifth Session—Convened at Benicia, January 2, 1854, removed to Sacramento, February 25, 1854, where it has since remained. PRESENT CAPITOL BUILDING. In the beginning of 1860 the citizens of Sacramento deeded to the State, lots of land in the city on which a new State Capitol could be built. Work commenced the 15th day of May 1861, and the corner-stone was laid with Masonic ceremonies, conducted by N. Green Curtis, then Grand Master of the Order. In a few years …


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.50, December 14, 1880 Dec 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.50, December 14, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


The Ancient Glaciers Of The Sierra., John Muir Dec 1880

The Ancient Glaciers Of The Sierra., John Muir

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

550 THE CALIF0RNIAN. which she had arisen perfectly forgetful of me, of her marriage, of all but the haunting consciousness of a rooted sorrow. Her father had died abroad, and her mother and sister returned to find that the estate had melted away in the settlement, and now they were taking scholars. Neil seemed to understand their position, but any intellectual employment distressed her since her illness; so, with the influence of her father's friends, she had taken up her present occupation. She clung to our little house as her home, and they rented two of the sunniest rooms for …


Alaska Land. A Perfect Day-Nature's Ceaseless Work-Pushing Northward. Indian Superstitions-The Tahkou River Indians-Magnificent Glacial Scenery-Gorgeous Sunset. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Mouth Of Tahkou River, Alaska, August 24, 1880., John Muir Nov 1880

Alaska Land. A Perfect Day-Nature's Ceaseless Work-Pushing Northward. Indian Superstitions-The Tahkou River Indians-Magnificent Glacial Scenery-Gorgeous Sunset. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Mouth Of Tahkou River, Alaska, August 24, 1880., John Muir

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

Alaska-Land A Perfect Bay—Nature's Ceaseless Work —Pushing; Northward. Indian Superstitions — The Tali&ou River azifl ladiaas — Magnificent Glacial Scsnery—Gorgeous Sunset. lifi'XO.Ai COSEESPQOTBNCE OP THE BOILSTIN.] Moots o? Taikou Ritse, \ AiA3SA, August 84,1880. f I never saw Alaska looking feetter than it did yesterday, when we bade farewell to Sam Dum, and pushed on northward up the coast toffSlds Tah&ou. The morning- was extremely beautiful—clear, calm, bright—not a cloud in all the purple sky, nor wind, however gentle, to shake the slendjr spires of the spruces on the heights, or the dew-laden grass-leaves around the shores. Over the mountaiu3 …


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.45, November 9, 1880 Nov 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.45, November 9, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Alaska Land. Among The Glaciers, Cascades And Yosemite Rocks. How Nature Works In Icy Solitudes-Rock Sculpture. Searching For The King Of Glaciers. An Alaska Sunday. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sum Dum Bay, August 29, 1880., John Muir Oct 1880

Alaska Land. Among The Glaciers, Cascades And Yosemite Rocks. How Nature Works In Icy Solitudes-Rock Sculpture. Searching For The King Of Glaciers. An Alaska Sunday. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sum Dum Bay, August 29, 1880., John Muir

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

15 ALABEA-LAND. the Glaciers* Cascades Yosemite Bocks, ami . How Nature Works in loy Solitudes-- ' , *&. , Rock Sculptor.*. . WW ferytmhg "0"ut"'wiag8.~rHeadJaL\d after head- | ad, in sseH imposing array, are seen piungrag ' eer and. bare from dizzy heights, and.plant- g theirfeet in the ice-encumbered water, ' "without leaving a spot ,orj which one could land from a boat, while no part of 'the great glacier tatpourwall these sonata .milesof ice into the fiord Is visible. Pushing our way slowly through? ! the packed bergs, and passing point'after point, looking eagerly forward, it is still oat …


Alaska Land. Perilous Adventure-Shooting The Rapids. A Typical Young Yosemite-Royal Glaciers-Alaska Flora. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Gold Camp, Sum Dum Bay, Alaska, August 20, 1880., John Muir Oct 1880

Alaska Land. Perilous Adventure-Shooting The Rapids. A Typical Young Yosemite-Royal Glaciers-Alaska Flora. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Gold Camp, Sum Dum Bay, Alaska, August 20, 1880., John Muir

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

Alaska-Land Perilous Adventure-Shooting the Rapids. A Typical Young Yosemite-Royal Glaciers-Alaska Flora. [SPHCJAI, CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BDIUSTIKJ Gold Camp, Sot: Dcm Bat, ) Alaska, August 30,1880. j The song of our sixteen cascades made us sleep al! the sounder last night, and we were so happy as to find this morning that the bergs and berg-waves had spared" our canoe, and that our way down the fiord was comparatively open. Sliding ourselves and baggage down the rocks we set off in high spirits down the fiord and across to (he right side to explore a remarkably deep and narrow branch of …


Alaska Land. An Eventful Day-Revelling Among The Glacial Monarchs. Fountain Source Of Ice-Rivers-Wild Goats-Music Of The Cascades. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Cascade Camp, Sum Dum Bay, August 29, 1880., John Muir Oct 1880

Alaska Land. An Eventful Day-Revelling Among The Glacial Monarchs. Fountain Source Of Ice-Rivers-Wild Goats-Music Of The Cascades. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Cascade Camp, Sum Dum Bay, August 29, 1880., John Muir

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

ALASKA-LAND An Eventful Day —Revelling Among the Glacial Monarchs. fountain Source of Ice-Kivers—Wild Goats —Music of the Cascades. [special oobkesponbence of the buixetin.j Cascade Camp, ) Sum Dum Bay, August 19, 1880. j This morning one of my good times came after a year's waiting, for then I set out under a happy group of welcoming conditions to explore the long left arm of this icy bay, with everything to bring glacial success. I was here last year during a stormy time, towards the end of November, when, after urging my way through the ice for fifteen miles, I was …


Alaska Land. A Canoe Voyage Among The Islands And Icebergs. Sum Dum Bay-Enormous Glaciers-Gold Mines-Products And Future Development Of Alaska. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sum Dum Bay, Alaska, August 22, 1880., John Muir Oct 1880

Alaska Land. A Canoe Voyage Among The Islands And Icebergs. Sum Dum Bay-Enormous Glaciers-Gold Mines-Products And Future Development Of Alaska. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sum Dum Bay, Alaska, August 22, 1880., John Muir

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

ALASKA-LAND -&. Canoe Voyage Among the Islands and Icebergs. Sum Bun Bay—Enormous . Glaciers—Gold Mines — Products and Future Development of Alaska. tsrGCIAL CORRESPONDENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] Sum Dum Bay, Alaska, August 22,1SS0. On the 18th, after, giving our Hoona friends B, little tobacco and rice far the purpose of feceping up " Klosh-tamtam" (kindly feelings), and taking a long last look at the salmon army iu its frantic excelsior march up the rapids, we glided northward along the coast beneath a Mack, dripping rain-clond that cut off all the mountains from sight above 200 feet from the water, and …


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.40, October 5, 1880 Oct 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.40, October 5, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Some Alaska Notes. Dull Times At Sitka And Fort Wrangel-Indians Turned Smugglers. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Fort Wrangel, August 14, 1880., John Muir Aug 1880

Some Alaska Notes. Dull Times At Sitka And Fort Wrangel-Indians Turned Smugglers. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Fort Wrangel, August 14, 1880., John Muir

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

SOME ALASKA NOTES. Dull Times at Sitka and Fort Wrangel— Indiaus Turned Smugglers* [FROM OUK SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.] Fokt Wranoel, Alaska, August 14,1880. I am back in my old quarters here, that I left last December, aud kindly and familiar everything hereabout seems. The glassy water ; the lovely evergreen islands; the Indians with their canoes and their baskets and blankets and berries; the jet ravens, prying and flying about the streets and spruce trees, and the bland, hushed atmosphere brooding tenderly over alt We arrived here early oa the morning of the 8th of this month by the steamer California, …


Joseph Cook On Socialism., John Muir Aug 1880

Joseph Cook On Socialism., John Muir

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

NEW PUBLICATIONS. Joseph Cook on Socialism. Joseph Cook's book, called " Socialism, with Preludes on Current Events" is made up of ten Fof his celebrated " Boston Monday Lectures." The leading suojects discussed iu tire-volume are: '" The perils of the United States from Communistic and Socialistic disease ;'* " Self- help for the poor as opposed to State-help;" " Co-operative industry, and crowded city populations;" " Sunday laws;" " Temperance ;" •' High Schools;" " "Woman's right to the ballot in regard to temperance and education" "The ' Chinese:" "Joseph Cook;", "Tramps" etc. The book is crowded with good, …


Alaska Land. John Muir Revisits The Scene Of Last Year's Exploration. A Land Of Abundance-A Canoe Voyage Among The Islands And Icebergs. Magnificent Scenery-The Hoona Indians-Among The Salmon. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) In Camp, Near Cape Fanshaw, August 18, 1880., John Muir Aug 1880

Alaska Land. John Muir Revisits The Scene Of Last Year's Exploration. A Land Of Abundance-A Canoe Voyage Among The Islands And Icebergs. Magnificent Scenery-The Hoona Indians-Among The Salmon. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) In Camp, Near Cape Fanshaw, August 18, 1880., John Muir

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

DAY, SEPTEMBER 25, ALASKA-LAND, Jjjia Hull' Eevisits the Scene of Last Year's Explorations. A Land of Abundance — A Canoe Voyage Among the Islands and Icebergs. BlagjiiSceist; Scenery—The iEooaa Iidiaas— Amcmg til a Salmon. [SPECIAL COEEESrONDENCE OP THE BULLETIN.] In Camp, Near Cape Fanshaw, I August 18, 1880. f How deSgbtfal it is, and how it makes one's pulses bocnd to get back again into, the heart of this grand! old northland wilderness, with its giant mountains, glaciers-, forests, cataracts, its maze of canals and fiords glowing with sun spangles, ansE its life-giving air without dust or taint, scented only …


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.33, August 17, 1880 Aug 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.33, August 17, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.31, August 3, 1880 Aug 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.31, August 3, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


In The Heart Of The California Alps., John Muir Jul 1880

In The Heart Of The California Alps., John Muir

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

HEART OF THE CALIFORNIA ALPS. 345 and, in the guise of the republican prince, he announces his own allegiance to the republic. Singular as it may seem, his popularity in Norway lias suffered severely by his refusal to believe in a personal devil. His political heterodoxy lias long been tolerated, and he has had innumerable partisans, always ready to shout for him and to raise him y upon their shoulders; but his disrespect for Satan has frightened the majority of these away, and the petty persecution of the reactionary press and the official Philistines has made his life at home …


Letter From N. D. Stebbins To John Muir, 1880 June 21., N. D. Stebbins Jun 1880

Letter From N. D. Stebbins To John Muir, 1880 June 21., N. D. Stebbins

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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the precinct of Montecito. We have no PO in this precinct. I am not strong enough to ramble about much. I wished for your opinion last summer while I was visiting some of the canons in the upper part of S.B. Valley. It is said there are no evidences of the action of glaciers below Monterey in this State. I imagined I saw something that looked like it in New Annie Canon. [illegible] [illegible] Ranch — I would be delighted to see you and learn more of your adventures & [illegible] in what we both feel so enthusiastically about …


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.24, June 15, 1880 Jun 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.24, June 15, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.23, June 8, 1880 Jun 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.23, June 8, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.21, May 25, 1880 May 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.21, May 25, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.8, February 24, 1880 Feb 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.8, February 24, 1880

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


Letter From Moses Woolson To John Muir, 1880 Feb 14., Moses Woolson Feb 1880

Letter From Moses Woolson To John Muir, 1880 Feb 14., Moses Woolson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Heavens! When I send you account of Alaska, don’t I wish I were there to gaze upon those [work?] wonders with you? What a book you will have when it is done! Poetry, science & [illegible] in one commendable work! I know you will build yourself up a “monument more durable than brass” as Horace says When I was a boy and studied geography, now lonely, far-off seemed California. It seemed the ultima thule of the north. There was not a town put down upon the map. And still more lonely seemed the region of Alaska, then not named …


Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel], 1880 Feb ., John Muir Jan 1880

Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel], 1880 Feb ., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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At John Swett's,
Wednesday night,
Feb.,1880.

Dear Louie,

I'm still drifting, and unsettled, and lonesome, in this big trodden wilderness of tameness.I had made up my mind to shut myself up and bend my mind to work until I felt better, but I have been pulled about and done nothing save a dozen letters or so of the common correspondence kind.Had a good warm hearty time with Sam, though toned down a little on my part by the presence of ex-mayor Alvord, who wanted to meet me.They enquired very kindly about you all, and Mrs. Williams showed me …


Alaska. Its Mines And Other Resources, Described In A Lecture At Handel And Hayden Hall, By Prof. John Muir., John Muir Jan 1880

Alaska. Its Mines And Other Resources, Described In A Lecture At Handel And Hayden Hall, By Prof. John Muir., John Muir

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

ALASKA. ltn Mines and Other Kesourceii, Described tn a Lecture at Handel and Haydn Hall, ┬½>y Prof. John. Itlutr. Notwithstanding bad weather, the announcement of a lecture on the mines and resources of Alaska, by Prof. John Muir, drew a large andience to Handel and Haydn hall last night, among those present several being ladies. The lecturer started out by showing the important part which glaciers perform in exposing the veins of mineral which are con tained in the earth's crust, not by sinking shafts, but in eroding the mountains, wearing them away and laying bare the different strata, …