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In The Heart Of The California Alps., John Muir
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
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
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
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
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
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
Letter From Moses Woolson To John Muir, 1880 Feb 14., Moses Woolson
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[4]
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
Letter From John Muir To Louie [Strentzel], 1880 Feb ., John Muir
John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)
[Page 5]
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
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, …
Alaska Rivers. Their Number And Characteristics-The Stickine. Sublime Alpine Scenery-An Alaska Canyon. Glacier Mud-Stupendous Glacial Phenomena. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sitka, December 27, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
ALASKA RIVERS, Their Number and Characteristics- The Stickine. sjiiblime Alpine Scenery—An Alaska Canyon. Glacier Mud—Stupendous Glacial Phenomena. [SPECIAL C03J3ESPOKDENCE 03? THE BULLETIN.] Sitka, December 27,1879. Alaska is covered with a network of deep, cool, perennial streams, that flow on, ever fresh and sweet through grassy plains and mossy bogs and rock-bound glacial cafions, telling ever where, all the way down to the sea. how bountiful are the clouds that fill their ample fountains. Some thirty or forty rivers have been discovered in the Territory, the number varying as the smaller ones have been called rivers, or creeks, by the map-makers. …
Alaska Gold Fields. A Country Moderately Rich In The Precious Metals. The Cassiar And Other Mines-Mining Prospects-Geological Changes. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Sitka, December 23, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
ALASKA GOLD FIELDS, A Country Moderately Bicli iu the Precious Metals. Tbe Cassiar and Otliep Mines—Mining Prospdots-GeologJoal Changes. \ {STECLU. CORBESFOHPENCa OP THB BULLETIN.] \ " . vSitkAl December 23, 1879. - Tturgoldof Alaska"*) stnTxln tbe ground, at! save afew thousand ounces'ga there d here and There from the moreaccessible.yeins and gravel- beda efheslsnd*- and-the momrtfiiss along the coast— But the cause of the seeming barrenness of the rocks of this northern region ia not far to seek, fox in the first place, even the coast mountains have not been explored to any appreciable extent. Probably not one Teiu or …
Alaska Climate. Some Popular Errors Corrected-A Good Country To Live In. An Alaska Summer Day-Glorious Sunsets. Bright And Cloudy Weather-Rainfall-Temperature-Alaska Winters. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, October 16, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
ALASKA CLIMATE Some Popular Errors Corrected—A Good Country to live In. An Alaska Summer Day—Glorious Sunsets. Bright and Cloudy Weather—Rainfall—Tem- perature—Alaska Winters. [SPECIAL COEEESPONPENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Foet Wrangel, October 1G, 1879. Alaska is a good country to live in, polar bear and iceberg stories to the contrary notwithstanding. The climate of the islands and of all that portion of the mainland that is bathed by the warm ocean current from Japan, is remarkably bland and temperate, and free from extremes of cither heat or cold throughout the whole year. It is rainy however, a wee hair too wet, as …
Wanderings In Alaska. A Lovely Sail-Majestic Mountain Views-More Glaciers. Visit To A Deserted Indian Village. Habitations Of The Natives-Carved Images And Other Relics-Indian Rites-A Doomed Race. Fort Wrangel, October 12, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
SAN FRANCISCO, S. WANDERINGS IN ALASKA A Lovely Sail—-Majestic Mountain Views—More Glaciers. Tisit to a Deserted Indian Yiliage. Habitations of the Natives—Carved Images and Other Relics- Indian Rites —A Doomed Race. Foet Wrangel, October 12,1S79. Steaming solemnly down the coast after leaving the Great Glacier—the cylinder-heads still hanging well on their shoulders—the fair islands and mountains again passed in review to capital advantage, For the day was fine and the clouds that so oiten hide the mountain tops even in good weather were now floating high above them, and scarce cast a perceptible shadow on the white fountains of the …
Alaska Forests. Evergreens-The Yellow Cedar And Its Various Uses. The White Spruce-Pines And Cottonwoods-Firs And Hardwoods. Extent And Commercial Value Of Alaska Forests-The 'Devil's Club.' (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, October 8, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
ALASKA FORESTS. 3Evergreeng-The Yellow Cedar aui ' Various Uses'.. lUMnnwy w i..ft wj. ".vJ.i{i;yimii The White Spruoe—Pines and Cotton- • woods—Firs and Hardwoods. Extent and Commercial Value of Alaska Forests- The "Devil's Clufc.V SPECIAL COBBESPONDEKCE OF THE SOLLBTIN.] Fobt Wbangel, October 8, 1879. The bulk of the forests of Southeastern Alaska 5h made up of three species of evergreens, all of which are of good size, and grew clcse together, covering almost every acre of the islands, however rocky, and the margin of the const and the mountain slopes, up to the height of about 2,000 feet. - ' -. …
Alaska Coast Scenery. Sailing Among The Islands-Delightful Views. Wonderful Variety Of Lovely Pictures. Effects Of Glaciation-An Archipelago Of Evergreen Isles. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, Sept. 25, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
Daily Evening Bulletin San Francisco. Wednesday Oct. 83", 1879. nimm !iil lAfiT SCENERY, Sailing Among the Islands—Delightful Yiews. Wonderful Variety of Lovely Pictures. Effects of Glaeiatios—&.n AreMjjelag of Evsrgresat Ssles- [SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE 01 THE BULLETIN.] Fort Wrangel, Alaska. Sept. 25,1879. The trip from Victoria to Alaska among the islands, in the summer time, is perfectly delightful. Leaving scientific interests entirely out of the count, no excursion that I can think of may be roade into any other portion of our vast c. entry where so marvelous an abundance of fine scenery is so freely unfolded. Gazing from Ibe deck of …
Alaska Glaciers. Graphic Description Of The Yosemite Of The Far Northwest-A Living, Moving Glacier In All Its Sublimity And Grandeur. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, Ter., Sept. 7, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
ALASKA GLACIERS. GEAPHIC DESCRIPTION OiTHE YOSEMITE OF THE FAR NORTHWEST—A LIVING, MOVING GLACSP. IN" ALL ITS SUBLIMITY AND CRANEUE, [CORRESPONDENCE OP THH BBIX&.l : rr. ' W; th re ac ill! Fort Wrangel, Alaska Ter., Sept. ?;S79. On the second morning of our broken-tcked Chilcat excursion, everybody seemed cudy and conscience-stricken, and ready to doDy | th deed of redemption whatever, provided Oe we that it would not cost much. It was not fom J °* difficult, therefore, to convince our repentani?,'* Captain and company that instead of creeping bact to Wrangel direct we should make an expiatory branch-excursion to …
Alaska Glaciers. An Ounalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology And Sermons In Ice. The Rocks, Plants And Trees Of Alaska. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, September 5, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
Daily Evening Bulletin San Francisco. Tuesday, Sept. 23, 1879. .... ALASKA GLACIERS. An Oxmalaska Yosemite. Glacial Theology and Sermons in lee. The Rotks, Plants and Trees of Alaska. [CORRESPONDENCE: OF THE BUILETIN.l Fort Wrangel, Alaeka, September 5,1879. Three Doctors of Divinity and.a merchant and their wives, a lady from Oregon, a missionary and myself, made up a party to visit the fine wild glacial country of the Chilcats, 250 miles to the northwestward of here. We chartered the small.8ternwheel steamer Gassiar, usually plying . on the Stickeen river, for this excursion; and had her all to ourselves. Under circumstances so …
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.38, September 16, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.38, September 16, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.
Notes Of A Naturalist. John Muir In Alaska-Wrangel Island And Its Picturesque Attractions. Summer Days That Have No End-Pictures Of Sound Life. Life Among The Indians-Boat Life-Wild Berries. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Fort Wrangel, Alaska, August 8, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
3?BA1STCISC0, SEPTEMBEK ; NOTES OF A NATURALIST JOHN MUIR IN ALASKA — WRANGEL ISLAND AND ITS PICTURESQUE ATTRACTIONS—SUMMER DAYS THAT HAVE NO END—PICTURES OP SOUND LIFE—LIFE AMONG THE INDIANS- BOAT LIFE—WILD BERRIES. [SPECIAL COKHESPONDENCE OF THE BULLETIN.] Fokt Wrangel, Alaska,) August 8, 1879. j Wrangel Island is one of the thousands of picturesque bits of this cool end of the continent carved out of the solid by the ice of the glacial period—not by separate glaciera such as now load the mountain topa and flow, river-like, down the valleys, hut by a broad, continuous ice-sheet that crawled slowly southward, covering …
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.36, September 2, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.36, September 2, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.
Notes Of A Naturalist. John Muir On Puget Sound And Its Lovely Scenery. Forest Belts-Mount Rainier-Thriving Towns-Coal Fields. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Seattle, Washington Territory, June 28, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
62 A9i (7 IsWwsx *&* Sitoiw isWiigtoii Toi 'rit Jryv, Jipifi-38,1879. I ruget'iSauw-, bo justly famous :tlio,.wprW over! 'Sniffs efifooileiit timber, is an .awn '-ana imany-' fingereiiandof theaea, roicblugstight.d.o.wp Ijouthwardjtroinajlttle abovjj ,tlie head-.of tba,. 'Stralts-ipfri'ociii a4out a -hi.tidcek miles into .the iiearjtJQ'f, one of the -.fine it fprcjstjregionpi oa'.thp faiejetf jfheiglcbe." iUhe seeperly'la ;perija'etiy''en'-'' chanting, srhooth plue lakiLuka;,wate-rrr.eacb.es, wopded; Hhorf$' sweeping )nWarc: in , beautiful :cwjy(;a la'rpunp. bays t.nd "ve;.1pje'tpirth end of VanconYW ;Ia.and-: and fiUcd the Strak between it. Sad the izain- lafad..j;f;-.,e;: !•;. ;Vr- J.-, y y T -U. •;,,,. Jill UJM5ywor| up to piyiDpioi a1 hopeful little1 …
Notes Of A Naturalists. A Rough Passage-Sea-Sickness. Sea And Coast Scenery. British Columbia-Glacial Phenomena. (Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Victoria, V.I., June 25, 1879., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
A &&ougk Passage—Sea-Sickness. Sea and Coast oenei'y. 'British Columbia—Glacial Phenomena. [COHRESrONDENOE OP THE BULLETIN.] Victoria, V. I., June 25,1879. Coining' down from the mountains to the sea makes a grand change in the flow of one's life. For leafy woods, with their flowers and fruits, •we have drifting tangle and dulse; for granite' domes, types of permanence, water-waves heaving in eternal earthquake, and the narrow bondage of a ship's deck for the wide freedom and wealth of the landscape. I left San Francisco last month on the steamer Dakota, in company with a friend, to see what I might learn …
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.33, August 12, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.33, August 12, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.29, July 15, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.29, July 15, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.16, April 15, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.16, April 15, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.
The Passes Of The Sierra., John Muir
The Passes Of The Sierra., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
644 THE PASSES OF THE, SIERRA. — THE "PASSES OF THE SIERRA. /The sustained grandeur of the California 1 iftips. is forcibly illustrated by the fact that, | 'throughout their whole extent, there is not a single pass lower than'pooo feet above the ; level of the sea. In a distance of 140 miles, J between Latitude 360 20' and 380, the low-', ,, jest I have yet found exceeds 9,000 feet, and:, s~j\the average height of all that are in use is, I perhaps, not far from ii,ooo \j-ti-tA ~ THE PASSES OF THE SIERRA. 645 4 J his …
The Glacier Meadows Of The Sierra., John Muir
The Glacier Meadows Of The Sierra., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
THE GLACIER MEADOWS OF THE SIERRA. ' i IMPRESSIONS OF LONG ISLAND. A soft choir joined from the other musicians at the triumphal refrain : " Hosanna ! Glory to God! Blessed is he who comes bearing Salvation ! " It was music's invocation to those heathen proteges of Christianity whom Columbus found on our shores, and who have never since been perfectly at one with our religion. Its significance was perfectly felt by the listener, and melody, by its own eloquence, was acting as no mean missionary. Few Christian churches, we fancy, have heard the song sung with such …
The Great Basin. Some Interesting Facts About It-Lecture By John Muir., John Muir
The Great Basin. Some Interesting Facts About It-Lecture By John Muir., John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
THE GREAT BASIN. Some Interesting Facts About It- toy John Muir. -Lecture John Muir, the -distinguished geologist and naturalist who has been termed the Thoreau of the Sierra, lectured before the-Sacramento Literary Institute at the Congregational Church las fc evening, on "The Great Basin." He was received by a large and very superior audience. He spoke for nearly two hours and kept the close attention of his audience throughout. Mr. Muir is not a lecturer; he is a simple unskilled talker, a man who lives in the free air of the mountains, and whose highest ambition is to delve into …
Nevada's Dead Towns. A New Country Thickly Strewn With Ruins Of Mining Towns-How Capital Has Been Squandered. Roving Tendencies Of Miners-Wonderful Energy Of Mining Men. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.), John Muir
John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986)
NEVADA'S DEAD TOWNS &. New Country Thickly Strewn with Ruins of Mining Towns—How Capital Has been Squandered. [SFICIU C0RX5SF0NDENCH OF THE Nevada is one.of the very youngest and wildest of the States, nevertheless it isatready atrewn with ruins, that seem as gray and. silent and timeworn as if the civilization to which they belonged had perished centuries ago. Yet atrange to say, all these ruins are results of ..mining efforts made within the last few-years. Wander where you may throughout the length and treadth of this mountain-barred wilderness, you everywhere come upon these dead mining towns, with their tall chimney, …
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.2, January 7, 1879
American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.2, January 7, 1879
American Christian Review
No abstract provided.