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[Statement From John Muir.], John Muir

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

950 THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. level, their opponents work only spasmodically, usually a few weeks before election, and during the remainder of the year dismiss the subject from their minds. It requires great fervor of patriotism to carry on this work, but he must be a very poor American who is willing to admit that there is not enough of saving grace in our people to produce a sufficient body of men to accomplish it. The kind of patriotism required is of the highest order. It must be willing to give time and labor and money, to sacrifice the best that …

Linnaeus., Charles Dudley Warner

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

9077 LINN/EUS (1707-1778)' BY JOHN MUIR SraEygHE immortal Linnaeus—Carl von Lmne — was born in Sweden, * a cold rocky country now famous forever. He was born in @4§?§i the bloom-time of the year, May 13th, 1707; and contemplating this great event, one may easily fancy every living thing dancing and singing and clapping hands for joy. Whether descended from sea-kings and pirates as is most likely, or from fighting Normans or Goths, matters not; for he was a lover sent of God to revive and cheer and bless all mankind. And this h@did in spite of crushing poverty, and …

The National Parks And Forest Reservations., John Muir

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

268 Publications of the Sierra Club. PROCEEDINGS OF THE MEETING OF THE SIERRA CLUB Held November 23, 1S95. The annual public meeting of the Sierra Club was held in. the hall of the Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, on the evening of Saturday, November 23, 1895. The topic announced, '' The National Parks and Forest Reservations" had brought together a large audience of members and friends of the Club. Mr. Warren Olney, Vice-President, called the meeting to order, and introduced the President of the evening in the following words: "Ladies and Gentlemen: — It is the good fortune of the …

A Wind-Storm In The Forests., Charles Dudley Warner

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

10405 JOHN MUIR (1836-) !f0HN Muir, an explorer and naturalist, whose field of work has WapM. been particularly the western and northwestern mountain fegfe&M regions of America,— where at least one great glacier now bears his name,—was born at Dunbar, Scotland, in 1836. With his parents and a large flock of brothers and sisters, he came to the United States in 1850, after some good common-schooling in Dunbar. He began his study of nature in the region near Fort Winnebago, Wisconsin, with an ever increasing interest and delight in whatever belongs to the world of creatures, plants, and stones, particularly …

Tenth Annual Report Of The Governors Of The City Of Dublin Technical Schools And Science And Art Journals For The Session 1895-96, City Of Dublin Technical Schools

Annual Reports

Report

Appendix A:: Results of examinations held April, May and June, 1896.

Appendix B: List of life members, annual subscribers and donors for the year 1895-6.

Appendix C: Return of attendances of the governors fro the period 1st. January, 1896 to present date October 1896.

Cash account from 1st. August 1895 to 31st. July, 1896 including revenue account and cash balance.

John Muir On Yosemite. The Mountaineer And Writer Says That The Valley Is Wrecked. 'Downtrodden And Desolate.' He Tells What He Saw And Wants The Government To Take Back The Valley., John Muir

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

O CALL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1895. JOHN MUIR ON MIT The Mountaineer and Writer Says That the Valley Is Wrecked. "DOWNTKODDEN AND DESOLATE" He Tells What He Saw and Wants the Government to Take Back the ! Valley. The opinions and declarations of John Muir will cat a good deal of a figure in the promised controversy over the ways of the Yosemite Commissioners regarding the valley and the proposition to cede the valley back to the National Government, and Mr. Muir is anxious to start a campaign to carry out that proposition, as well as to secure further protection …

Letter From W[Illiam] Douglas To John Muir, 1895 Sep 9., William Douglas

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

[letterhead]

Sep. 9 1895

Dear Mr Muir

I have just had a visit from my friend Rennie who returned from his Californian trip about a couple of months ago and he tells me how very kind you were to him and how much he enjoyed your stories & his stay under your hospitable roof. I only wish it had been my luck to [illegible] with him. The next best thing to hope for, is that the attraction of the old country will soon bring you to Auld Reekie again.

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[2]

I have just returned from a climbing holiday …

The Shahzada's Visit To Great Britain, 1895 : A Selection Of Articles From English Periodical Literature, With Summaries In Persian., The Queen: The Lady's Newspaper & Court Chronicle

Documents and Reports

News coverage of the Afghan prince, Shahzada Nasrullah's visit to Great Britain by the British publications. Photocopies articles accompanied by commentary in Persian, bound in one volume.

The Discovery Of Glacier Bay., John Muir

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

3VW -A THE DISCOVERY OF GLACIER BAY. BY ITS DISCOVERER. Y first visit to the now famous Glacier Bay of Alaska was made toward the end of October, 1879, wb.en young ice was beginning to form in the branch inlets occupied by the glaciers, and the mountains were mantled svith fresh snow all the way dosvn from the highest peaks and ridges of the Fair- weather Range nearly to the level of the sea. I had spent most of the season exploring the ...—"""* caiion of the Stickeen River and its glaciers, and a small portion of the interior region …

Letter From J. E. Mathewson To John Muir, 1895 Mar 5., J. E. Mathewson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[letterhead]

5th March 1895

Dear friend Muir,

I duly received your two letters, but business affairs have compelled me to put off replying to same from time to time until now. The last letter I could not lay my hands upon, when on the point of starting from home on Saturday last, so you must excuse me if any questions are not answered. Of course you visited this gay city when you were over here. Have been over some fifteen or twenty times, but a day or so always satisfies one & am therefore glad to be on my way …

[Statement From John Muir.], John Muir

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

Fire, the ax, and svholesale vandalism, have long threatened the forests of the country svith utter destruction ; but now, at this darkest time, the light of a better day begins to dasvn. The first settlers on the shores of America, seeking farms and bread, naturally regarded a tree as a kind of larger weed, to be got rid of as best they could; the forests seemed boundless, and there was no thought of possible evils resulting from their destruction, Nosv railroads, carrying everywhere the rapidly increasing population, ha\'e rendered nearly every tree in the country accessible to the ax …

Muir On Caminetti's Bill. The Author And Explorer Says Its Passage Would Be Disastrous To The Yosemite. 'A Cunning Scheme Of Sheepmen.' It Would Reduce The Park One-Half And Ruin The Forests-The Lesson Taught By France And Spain., John Muir

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

RNING- JANUARY 15, 1895 MUIR ON CAMINETTI'S BILL, The Author and Explorer Says Its Passage Would Be Disastrous to the Yosemite. "ACUNNING SCHEME OF SHEEPMEN." It Would Reduce the Park One-Half and Ruin the ForestsΓÇöThe Lesson Taught by France and Spain. John Muir, the author and explorer, oame to this olty yesterday and is at the Palace Hotel. Notwithstanding that he is very busy with literary work he is intensely interested in the preservation of California's forests, particularly In the Sierra Nevada mountains, where he spent ten years in explorations. He regards the Caminetti bill as a measure that threatens …

Letter From James D[Avie] Butler To John Muir, 1894 Jul 30., James Davie Butler

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Superior, July 30, '94

John Muir.

My dear Friend.

How do I account for your sepulchral silence? You have gone to rescue Sheldon Jackson who, as I have noted, was stranded on some furthest shore while jeoparding his life as the apostle of the Aleuts. But you ought to be home by this time, from an enterprise like Stanley's plunge to bring up livingston from the depths of darkest Africa.
I am just landed here after an Itinerarium ecstaticum. As asked by the Am. Ant. Soc. of which since Bancroft's death I am among the half-dozen of longest standing. I …

Letter From John Muir To [David] Douglas, 1894 Mar 22., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Copied from a Journal of Mr. David Douglas, Edinburgh]
[Original in possession of Miss S. B. Douglas, Edinburgh]

Martinez, California,
March 22, 1894.

My dear Mr. Douglas:

I thank you for Dorothy's Tour of Scotland. It Is a wonderful book, wonderful in simplicity and loving wisdom, and what a fins, near, clear light it casts on her great brother and Coleridge and Scotland. I have been pegging away at a book, the one we spoke of, ever sines I got home, and it is nearly finished. I have written five new chapters and recast the material you saw. If it …

Our Towering Peaks And Deep Abysses., John Muir

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

Our Towering Peaks and Deep Abysses. BY JOHN MUIR. California is rich in mountains. They lise in glorious array all around her borders, forming a long, nest-like oval, and offer grand and picturesque scenery in endless variety. At first sight, such is the massive simplicity of the topography, the*"\State seems to have only one valley—the grand central plain hemmed in bj the coast mountains and the Sierra. But with this apparent simplicity there is great complexity of hidden detail. The Coast Range, like a grand forest-crowned barrier rising against the ocean, has innumerable spurs, ridges prjd rolling;hit! v?:-.—* '' :1-**'co3,r …

The Courts Of Judea, Jerome C. Knowlton

Articles

The study of Jewish jurisprudence has become interesting during the past ten years through the efforts of some painstaking scholars, who have not been burdened with any particular dogma, but have been actuated by a true Christian spirit. They have been close students of those portions of the Talmud which throw light on the jurisprudence of the Jews.

General Laws For The Government Of The Town Of Horse Cave, Hart County, Ky, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Research Collections

Booklet describing the laws and governance of the town of Horse Cave, KY in Hart County, 8 pages, published by Record Book and Job Print of Horse Cave, KY; John Altsheler, Chairman and J. M. Perkins, Clerk.

Letter From John Muir To David Douglas, 1893 Sep 17., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Copied from a Journal of Mr. David Douglas, Edinburgh, Scotland]

[Original in possession of Miss S. B. Douglas, 22 Drummond Place, Edinburgh]

Cunard Royal Mail Steamship "Campania"September 17, 1893.

My dear David Douglas,

I am now fairly off and awa' ower the sea from the old nest to the new - from kin to kin - from friends to friends, and as the old shores begin to fade and I look through the many fine pictures and memories gathered this eventful summer to enrich my life, none pleases me more than my meeting and meetings with you and your family. …

Letter From John H. Means To John Muir, 1893 Jun 5., John H. Means

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[letterhead]

LAMAR, COLO., June 5th 1893

John Muir. Esqr

Dear Sir,

It was indeed a pleasure to receive your favor of the 1st inst. I scarcely expected to hear from you so soon as I supposed that you was in your California home As you suggest I will tell you a little about myself and what I can about the other boys of the class that used to meet with you in the old mission school. After you left I proceeded to “grow up” and gave that most of my attention for several years, I continued at school until …

Alaska Scenery., John Muir

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

pA'AyU- MAAIcAi A/c Jf A A 82 THE TRAVELER, I ... ALASKA SCENERY. JOHN MUIR. The great wilderness of Alaska, with its lofty mountains laden willi glaciers and snosv, its deep inreaching fiords, flosvery plains, and its boundless svealth of evergreen forests and islands, and shining, singing svaters, offers a glorious field for lovers of fountain beauty, much of which is nosv within easy reach of the ordinary traveler. The trip by steamer, from Puget Sound to the head of the Alexander Archipelago, is perfectly enchanting. Leaving scientific interests entirely out of the count, no excursion that I knosv of …

Our John Muir. He Is Off For The Alps To Explore Their Great Glaciers. A Perilous Undertaking. But He Is Sure-Footed And He Can Take Care Of Himself . . . . The Latest Portrait Of The Great Mountain Climber-One Of His Characteristic Talks-How He Works., John Muir

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

<7ΓÇö' ' 8 mornhstc* ;U He Is Off for the Alps to Explore Their Great A PERILOUS UNDERTAKING. But He Is Sure=Footed anc He Can Take Care of Himself. HE WILL ALSO GO TO NORWAY. The Latest Portrait of the Great Mountain-CIimber ΓÇö One of His Characteristic TalksΓÇöHow He Works. A: for Europe to-dav to of Switzerland, Nor- ^Ihn Muir starts ^fl^ore the glaciers way and Sweden. If he "does" them as he has those in the Sierras and Alaska he will surprise the Alpine Club and the guides there. Probably there is no greater mountain- ahmber in all the world than that wiry bundle, our John Muir. He was hard at work yesterday at his quarters in the tjuiversity Club finishing up a couple of long-promised articles for the Century. Asked about his trip he said that he supposed he would go down to Spain with William B>ith and also revisit the scenes ΓÇót his childhood in Scotland, but would pi?4 in most of his time on the glaciers in. Switzerland and the north. "That will be familiar ground to me," fee said, "although I have never been there. National Park south to the lower end of the Sierras on Kern River from the summit of the range to the lower edge of the timber line, about 3000 feet above the level of the sea. This included Mount Whitney and all the high Sierras. The whole of the fertile bed of the San Joaquin, which naturally depends …

Letter From E. Mcd Johnstone To John Muir, 1893 May 3., E. M. Johnstone

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

E. McD. JOHNSTONE.
R.K. Johnson.
WM. V. BRYAN.
$1.00 a Year.
WITH
"THE TOURIST,"
$1.50 a YEAR.

AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRAVEL ANDRECREATION.

Information and printed matter concerning Hotels, Summer and Winter Resorts, Railways or Steamship Lines,
will be furnished without charge by

"THE TRAVELER'S" BUREAU OF INFORMATION"

OFFICE:
602 MARKET STREET (IN STATE BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS, CROCKER BUILDING).

SAN FRANCISCO,CAL.................May 3,1893

John Muir,Esq,
Martinez, Cal.

My dear Mr. Muir:-

I see by the morning paper that you are contemplating a trip abroad. There are two or three favors I would like to ask of you before you …

Alaska., John Muir

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

28.6. The American Geoloaht. May, isc which H indeed til rVja'i'SC's't tctMU'e. One-third 6f the stntn'p ll'ilfl been rotted mil with il- pithy center before pefrilieation tok plan-. Tin- same niu-t have been the cast' with *oine fascicle of ri'-lU leaving tiil.iillitr liolwj through t!.. - length uf its growth, --nine being ; inch ill diameter, A -till better liiul was a section of a trunk eighl inches long and ten iin'fn thick, from which the perfect eharaetcristics of the tree can ho ascertained . From the latter the description and illustration tire taken. t EXDOGEX. / Genus: Winehdlimi. in, …

King's River Yosemite., John Muir

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

THB' TRAVELS ft. KING'S RIVER YOSEMITE. JOHN MUIR. OWN in the heart of the High Sierra there is a magnificent rival . to the Yosemite in the Big King's River Canyon, or King's River Yosemite. The general characters as to the floor and walls, vegetation and rock - sculpture, are the same in both; but the King's Valley, although somewhat narrower, is longer, deeper, and lies imbedded in grander mountains. It is situated on the south fork of King's River, above noble forests of Sequoia and sugar- pine, and beneath the shadows of the highest mountains in the range. It …

Letter From E. Mcd Johnstone To John Muir, 1893 Jan 26., E Mcd Johnstone

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

E. McD. JOHNSTONE.

WM. V. BRYAN.
WESTERN AGENTS
FOR "THE TOURIST".

AN ILLUSTRATED MONTHLY JOURNAL OF TRAVEL AND RECREATION

Information and printed matter concerning Hotels, Summer and Winter Resorts, Railways or Steamship Lines,
will be furnished without charge by

THE TRAVELER'S" BUREAU OF INFORMATION.

OFFICE :
STATE BOARD OF TRADE ROOMS,
CROCKER BUILDING.

SAN RANCISCO, CAL January 26,1893.

John Muir,Esq,

Martinez, Cal.

My dear sir:-

Your favor of the 24th.inst. just received. I am obliged to you for your excellent article on Kings River Yosemite which arrived a little late for the February number,but it will have an honored place …

It's Spoliation . . . . Clearing Off And Trimming The Trees. Rankest Of Management. The Fringe And Bloom Taken Off The Valley. Give It To The Government. . . ., John Muir

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

IT'Q ^Pfl! .lATIOi^ ITS SFOLI So Says Muir of the Yosemite. CUTTING- THE BI RANKEST OF MANAGEMENT. Clearing Off and Trimming the Trees. The Fringe and Bloom Taken off the Valley. GIVE IT TO THE GOVERNMENT. That Is What the Scientist Recom= mends, as Do Other Lovers of the Place. OSEMITE'S friends are coming to the fore. They are crying out against the deeds of the vandals who have been doing so much to mar the beauty of the most j picturesque valley in sthe world. : "Spoliation ! Tes, that is what it amounts {to." said John Muir, the …

Letter From [Willia]M H. Mills To Robert Underwood Johnson, 1893 Jan 5., William H. Mills

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

(12-22-91—5000.)

OFFICE

CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
LAND DEPARTMENT.

FOURTH AND TOWNSEND STREETS.
San Francisco, Jany. 5.Tth.....'93
Robert Underwood Johnson Esq.
Care of the Century Magazine,
New York , N.Y.

My Dear Mr Johnson:-

I have before me your esteemed favor of Dec. 7th,and in return I thank you very sincerely for the courteous manner in which my friend Steffens was received by you and for the very efficient service you rendered him in securing a foot-hold in journalism. I believe in my young friend. He comes of stock that has been successful. His father is one of the wealthiest men …

[Extracts From Picturesque California.], John Muir

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

THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER. J39 THE YOSEMITE IN WINTER. BY JAMES M. CAKSON. O understand the Yosemite rightly, to comprehend its wonderful possibilities and appropriate the extraordinary variety of aspects under which Nature presents that stupendous tern Mr. S. M. Cunninefha ple of hers ; to learn the lessons taught in that great school for the instruction of the human soul in the workings of all-powerful force, and read correctty the hieroglyphics and picture-writings that elevate the mind to some idea of the infinite, we must see the valley under all the many changes of atmospherical condition. We must see …

The Pacific Pharos, November 23, 1892, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacific Pharos, September 28, 1892, Students Of The University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

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