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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.5, January 26, 1882 Jan 1882

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

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.50, December 13, 1881 Dec 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.50, December 13, 1881

American Christian Review

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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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American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.33, August 16, 1881 Aug 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.33, August 16, 1881

American Christian Review

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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 …


Letter From J[Ohn] M. Vanderbilt To John Muir, 1881 Jul 9., John M. Vanderbilt Jul 1881

Letter From J[Ohn] M. Vanderbilt To John Muir, 1881 Jul 9., John M. Vanderbilt

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Steamer [Favorite?] Kilisnoo Alasaka July 9th 1881.

Dear Mr Muir

You can understand how surprised we were to receive your letter informing us that you intended sailing on the “Corwin” for the Artic – both my wife and I sincerely trust and pray that you will have a pleasant time and return without delay to your family. I would like very much indeed to make such a trip and can appreciate your feelings in wanting to visit the polar regions – as a summer trip I look upon it as almost similar to a trip through this region …


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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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.4, January 25, 1881 Jan 1881

American Christian Review, Vol.24, No.4, January 25, 1881

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.46, November 16, 1880 Nov 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.46, November 16, 1880

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.43, October 26, 1880 Oct 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.43, October 26, 1880

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.27, July 6, 1880 Jul 1880

American Christian Review, Vol.23, No.27, July 6, 1880

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.45, November 4, 1879 Nov 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.45, November 4, 1879

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.37, September 9, 1879 Sep 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.37, September 9, 1879

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.31, July 29, 1879 Jul 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.31, July 29, 1879

American Christian Review

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American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.11, March 11, 1879 Mar 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.11, March 11, 1879

American Christian Review

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Letter From James Geikie To John Muir, 1879 Mar 1., James Geikie Feb 1879

Letter From James Geikie To John Muir, 1879 Mar 1., James Geikie

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[ Perth?] March 1 1979

Dear Sir

I am glad that you found my paper on the glaciation of the Outer Hebrides of interest. I quite agree with you that so many details as I find are not needed to convince any one who is conversant with the mode of glacial action that these is lands have been glaciated from the South east. But the prejudices if I may be allowed to use so hard a word of English geologists in favour of icebergs are hard to overcome, and one can only hope to do so by piling up the …


American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.7, February 11, 1879 Feb 1879

American Christian Review, Vol.22, No.7, February 11, 1879

American Christian Review

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Glacial Phenomena In Nevada. Interesting Discoveries By John Muir. Glacial Traces-Lateral Moraines-How The Valleys Were Formed. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Eureka, Nev., November 28, 1878., John Muir Dec 1878

Glacial Phenomena In Nevada. Interesting Discoveries By John Muir. Glacial Traces-Lateral Moraines-How The Valleys Were Formed. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Eureka, Nev., November 28, 1878., John Muir

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

iduxing 'snow. The.„uul, j -.made-up of irregular volcanic table?, the i extensive, of-which, is about, two .uu. 4= miles long, and like the smaller ones is broken Kjbraptfy down on the edges by the action" ,of. !Peice- Its m-ht is approximately 11,300 feet hffi-n-Fafis?. SonffioeESeTn: the "Si- ' MoantaiESJsrere loaded wuh. glaciers that " - . f-scVoded. to. the adjacent valleys during * *= a] glacial period, and that if is. to'.' tea Francisco.. Thursday, Deer GLACIAL PHENOMENA 1H NEVADA,. .SiSreatingDiscoveries by Jolin Muir item iclal fracM—Lateral MoraInee,.Ho**~rile Yallejs Were Formed. /' i.A, 'fBCril CORRESPONDENCE OF THE BnLLETIK.J . Utjreka, …


American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.35, August 27, 1878 Aug 1878

American Christian Review, Vol.21, No.35, August 27, 1878

American Christian Review

No abstract provided.


The Humming-Bird Of The California Water-Falls., John Muir Jan 1878

The Humming-Bird Of The California Water-Falls., John Muir

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

THE HUMMING-BIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER-FALLS. 545 THE HUMMING-BIRD OF THE CALIFORNIA WATER-FALLS. WATER-OUZEL DIVING AND FEEDING. The water-falls of the Sierra Nevada are frequented by only one bird, the ouzel or water-thrush (Cinches Mexicanus, Sw.). He is a singularly joyous and lovable little fellow, about the size of a robin, clad in a plain water-proof suit of a blackish, bluish gray, with a tinge of chocolate on the head and shoulders. In form he is about as smoothly plump and compact as a pot-hole pebble; the flowing contour of his body being interrupted only by his strong feet and …


Letter From Sallie J. Kennedy To John Muir, 1878 Jan 24., Sallie J. Kennedy Jan 1878

Letter From Sallie J. Kennedy To John Muir, 1878 Jan 24., Sallie J. Kennedy

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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at this little pile of treasures give me. How strange and still how pleasant to think of you having gone to Lake Tahoe so soon after we left it. How exquisitely beautiful it is, Did you ever before see such contrasting color in the same sheet of water? and even the quality of the water appeared different, from water usually. Yes I have read Walden, What shall I say; Vexed one minute -enchanted the next; I was seldom thrown into sympathy with [illegible] Do you recall his chapter on “Sounds” and “Solitude”, - these were my favorite parts of …


City Of The Saints. The Grand Wasatch Mountains-A Graphic Description Of Salt Lake City-Mormon Men And Women-Latter-Day Boys And Girls. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Salt Lake City, May 15, 1877., John Muir May 1877

City Of The Saints. The Grand Wasatch Mountains-A Graphic Description Of Salt Lake City-Mormon Men And Women-Latter-Day Boys And Girls. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Salt Lake City, May 15, 1877., John Muir

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

CITY OF THE SAINTS The Grand Wasatch Mountains—A Graphic Description of Salt Lake City— Mormon Men and Women—Latter-Day Boys and Girls. ____„, [PROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Salt Lake Citt, May 15, 1877. : The mountains rise grandly round about this curious elty—the Zion of the new saints—so ** grandly that the city itself is hardly visible. The Wasatch range, snow-laden and adorned with glacier—sculptured peaks, stretches continuou- ,. ly along the eastern horizon, forming thebound- | \ ary of the great Salt Lake Basin ; while across the Valley of the Jordan southwestward from l* here you behold the Oquirrh …


Yosemite In Flood., John Muir Feb 1877

Yosemite In Flood., John Muir

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

THE PACIFIC SCHOOL i HOME JOURNAL. Organ of the State Board of Education for the Publication of its Proceedings. VOLUME I SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. ALBERT LYSER, EDITOR. AND PROPRIETOR. No. 308 CLAY STREET. 1877-78. A 12 THE PACIFIC SCHOOL AND HOME JOURNAL. YOSEMITE IN FLOOD. Many a joyful stream is born in the Sierras, but not one can sing like the Merced. In childhood, high on the mountains, her silver thread is a moving melody; of sublime YosemUe she is the voice; the blooming chaparral or the flowery plains owe to her fullnesss their plant-wealth of purple and gold, and …


Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [John Muir], [1876 Aug]., William H. Trout Jul 1876

Letter From W[Illiam] H. Trout To [John Muir], [1876 Aug]., William H. Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Aug. 1876] Page 5I do not know how to thank you enough for your splendid photo we know how to appreciate it you may depend I send you a poor return the eyes have a dazed expression I meant not to have sent it but to sit again However an accident in a small way has happened me Friday last while putting up an iron store front here; a joist fell taking me heavily on the eyebrow and nose, bruised and peeled both somewhat, but inflicted no severe injury. Strangers might think to see me, that I was the victim …


Great Evils Resulting From The Destruction Of Forests., John Muir Dec 1875

Great Evils Resulting From The Destruction Of Forests., John Muir

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

Grea Evils from Destruction of Forests, J A / We lately asked and have received from John Muir, the7 well- know \ geologist and botanist, the following article ou the subject wanton destruction of timber by sheep-herders aud hunters, by fir and sheep, and also by saw-mills and general vandalism. The'g eat physical evils to agriculture which will result from the ction of mountain timber and shrubbery are in no wise ex- ted by Mr. Muir in this article, while outside of, and in many respects above the material damage, the lover of mountain forest will most deeply regret the …


Summering In The Sierra. Tulare Levels. John Muir Comes Down From The Mountains-Exuberant Farmers-The Story Of An Irrigation Ditch-Blessed Ministry Of Water. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Grangerville, Tulare Co., October 25th., John Muir Nov 1875

Summering In The Sierra. Tulare Levels. John Muir Comes Down From The Mountains-Exuberant Farmers-The Story Of An Irrigation Ditch-Blessed Ministry Of Water. (Special Correspondence Of The Bulletin.) Grangerville, Tulare Co., October 25th., John Muir

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

TULARE LEVELS. John Miiir C3nes Botvn froTOt the RfonnfrLlriB— Exuberant JSarmers—The Bfcary of an Irrigation Citcls—Blessed Ministry of Water, [SPECIAL COKKESPONDENCE 01? THE BULLETIN.] Geangerville, Tulabb Co., October 25th. when one comes suddenly out of the woods everything is novel. The wide arching sSy, the flowing plains, fields, dogs, horses, oxen, are beheld as never seen before, and even our feliow-bemgs are regarded with something of the same keeness and freshness of perception that is brought to the study of a new species of wild anima!. My first specimens of the perpendicular animal were a hearty, jovial company of lumbermen, …


1875 Jul 11 To Mr John Muir P 4 And 1, William Trout Jul 1875

1875 Jul 11 To Mr John Muir P 4 And 1, William Trout

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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Front he occasionally exhorts with good effect. Duncan Stirling though often a sufferer physically seems to be mentally vigorous above our expectations he is frequently listened to with much attention. A Bro Wm Mackay cousin to the Mackays of your acquaintance came from Scotland about 6 years ago lives 9 miles from Meaford is a farmer and quite a superior preacher he used to walk from home on Sunday morning and speak for 3/4ths of an hour most ably. Bro Sinclair generally leads not always satisfactorily. Fathers health holds out pretty well he is able to attend meeting …


Studies In The Sierra. No. Vii. - Mountain Building., John Muir Dec 1874

Studies In The Sierra. No. Vii. - Mountain Building., John Muir

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

64 STUDIES IN THE SIERRA. [Jan. was an awful struggle before my straining eyes in the dim light, a flash and report, a groan of pain, and a heavy fall of the two together, while I sat there with limbs paralyzed by fright, hysterically screaming; In another instant the landlady and some policemen entered. They carried the monster away, and I afterward read of his being sent to the asylum at Stockton. Arnot was dead! In the contest his pistol was turned against himself. He had passed years unscathed among hos- tije Indians, yet came home to lose his life. …