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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Nov 26., Charles Sprague Sargent Nov 1897

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Nov 26., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM,

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., November 26,1897.

My dear Muir:

Mr. Hunnewell, the old man who loves trees and whose letter I sent you the other day, has a grandson who is going to California and his grandfather has asked me to give him a note of introduction to you. I have done this with some compunction as I could not very well refuse. The idea, I fancy, was the grandfather's and not the grandson's who cares more for dogs, golf and tennis than he does for trees, and probably the letter will never be presented. If it …

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Letter From Cornelius B. Bradley To John Muir, 1897 Nov 22., Cornelius B. Bradley Nov 1897

Letter From Cornelius B. Bradley To John Muir, 1897 Nov 22., Cornelius B. Bradley

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[1]

[letterhead]

Berkeley, Cal., Nov. 22, 1897.

My dear Mr. Muir,

I have had to send that bibliography to the printer as it was, without the information I hoped to get from you. But there will be a chance to amend it in the proof. I am writing just now, however, to ask if you can furnish me volume and page of that article on Linnaeus in the World's Best Literature or otherwise locate it. If you can, please don't fail to let me know. I cannot get hold of the publication anywhere; short of sending east and there isn't …

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Letter From Henry F. Osborn To John Muir, 1897 Nov 18., Henry F. Osborn Nov 1897

Letter From Henry F. Osborn To John Muir, 1897 Nov 18., Henry F. Osborn

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

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[maga-]zine. I shall look forward to the others. No, my book is not as Big as the 'Silva'-but it is big enough! I never have it off my mind for a moment day or night.
My wife leans over my shoulder to say 'Give him my love'. Your invitation to the Yosemite will not be forgotten. therefore - always

Faithfully your firend

Henry F. Osborn

[1]

November 18th 1897

[letterhead]

My dear Prof. Muir,

We were very happy to hear from you again, in such a long delightful letter. and learn of your Alaskan journey. The Osborns and chickarees …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Nov 16., John Muir Nov 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Nov 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Oct. 16. 1897

My dear Sargent.

I know very well what you have suffered on account of the deadly danger your daughter was in, for I have two daughters & years ago they were near to death. I see that poor good able & amiable Stiles is dead. This death, disease & pain business of our nature is horrible amid the joy & harmony of our blessed world. and we can only hope & trust that there is a still better world beyond this.
With this I return good Abbot's letters I think his estimate of Pinchot is just, …

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Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1897 Nov 16., Robert Underwood Johnson Nov 1897

Letter From R[Obert] U[Nderwood] Johnson To John Muir, 1897 Nov 16., Robert Underwood Johnson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

November 16th, 1897.

R. W. GILDER, EDITOR.

R. U. JOHNSON,
ASSOCIATE EDITOR.

C. C. BUEL,
ASSISTANT EDITOR.

Mr. John Muir,
Martinez, California.

My dear Muir,

Mrs. Johnson and I arrived last week from Paris, and I was glad to find on my desk a friendly word from you.
I am exceedingly sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Muir's mother, and I beg that you will accept for yourself and her my sincerest condolences.
I am glad to see that your pen is at work on forestry questions. I wouldn't trust Cornelius N. Bliss on that subject, or any …

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Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1897 Nov 13., Alfred H. Sellers Nov 1897

Letter From A. H. Sellers To John Muir, 1897 Nov 13., Alfred H. Sellers

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegble]

Our dear Mr. Muir:

On our return from Puckawa Lake a few days ago we were delighted to find your letter of the 28th ult. awaiting us. It was only a few days before that Fay said "I wonder where Mr. Muir is. I wish we could hear from him." She thought it quite wonderful to find, on her return, her wish gratified. Fay and I were greatly surprised and shocked to learn of the death of dear Mrs. Strentzel. We had, from your talk, learned to hold her in high esteem and when we saw her for only …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Nov 12., John Muir Nov 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Nov 12., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

thanking me for about 200 more Photographs of my taking

Martinez Nov. 12, 1897

My dear Lukens.

I thank you for the magnificent set of photographs which arrived the other day. The Canon set brings back the glorious days I spent there last year The one with the white cloud is particularly telling. The Flagstaff one has a fine view of the wonderful San Francisco Mtns & the limestone ledges with the Cavedwellers huts are fine & interesting pictures.
Eaton Canon is a fine picture & recalls my visit 20 yrs ago. Then the rocks were lined with moss & …

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Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1897 Nov [?]., John Muir Nov 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Henry F.] Osborn, 1897 Nov [?]., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California,

November 1897

My dear Prof. Osborn

Where have all the Osborns been this Summer? I thought of you the other day when I read your Great [illegible]turalist in the Century and many times last summer in Alaska. [illegible] I spent a short time in the Rocky Mountain forests between Banff [illegible] Glacier with (Prof.) Sargent and Mr. Ganby then we went to Alaska, mostly by the same route you traveled. We were on the Queen had your state rooms. The weather was not so fine as during your trip. The glorious color we so enjoyed on the upper …

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The Forests Of Alaska., John Muir Nov 1897

The Forests Of Alaska., John Muir

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

NOVEMBER i, 1897.] THE FORESTER. 129 rease of forest area are on the contrary not a debt, but capital well invested. From such a policy you may expect not only the most perfect protection, but in the end a considerable and from year to year increasing income. In regard to the comparative amounts expended in Switzerland for corrective works and afforestation, it must be remarked that if the outlay has not hitherto accomplished its purpose the authorities liould not be held responsible. Assist- mce is forthcoming whenever it is sought, and wherever forestation is indicated the necessity of undertaking it …

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Work-A-Day World, November 1897, University Of The Pacific Nov 1897

Work-A-Day World, November 1897, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

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Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Oct 29., Walter H. Page Oct 1897

Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Oct 29., Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

just as welcome for January.
I am glad to hear what you write, too, that you had made no engagement with any other publisher touching the books (I say books, because this matter about the parks and reservations will make one book, and the matter that you are obliged to write about Alaska will make another book); and that Messrs.
Houghton, Mifflin & Company may bring them out for you when you are ready. The Atlantic will do all it can in the meantime in the way of serial publication---very thankfully. The books you may be sure will be brought …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Oct 28, 1897.

My dear Sargent

I am very glad to learn that your daughter is now out of danger. The strain on you all must have been terrible.
That Dana & Stiles are gone is indeed a great loss & makes forest matters look worse than ever but public opinion on the side of right is growing & we need not despair so long as God lives. Some will be saved of our grand woods. I can't believe that matters are going to be mismanaged forever.
I read the copy of Bliss' appointment of Pinchot & the instructions …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

glad Mother & I went to Grand Canyon

Martinez, Oct 28, 1897

My dear Lukens.

We all thank you for your kind letter & are glad to hear that you are all well.
How fine it was that Mrs Lukens was able to go to the Grand Canon. Ive just been writing a little about it at the end of an article that will appear in the Atlantic Monthly. Am now at work on the Yellowstone & then probably will try Alaska. So you see I'm busy & would be delighted to accept your invitation & trouting--but Cant you come …

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Letter From John Muir To [A. H., Fay And Frank ?] Sellers, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [A. H., Fay And Frank ?] Sellers, 1897 Oct 28., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, Oct 28, 1897.

My dear Sellers [Three?]

How are you, how you been since last I saw you or heard from you? I spent part of the summer in Alaska & in the Rocky Mountains about Banff, Laggan, & Glacier, making hurried trips. & it was well I did so for our good Mother Strentzel died two weeks after I got home. How great a gap this makes in our little family you will know.
Now I'm trying some writing, have just sent off an article on forests etc. it touches on your favorite Mt Rainier, the Grand Colorado …

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Letter From W[Illiam] M. Canby To John Muir, 1897 Oct 24., William M. Canby Oct 1897

Letter From W[Illiam] M. Canby To John Muir, 1897 Oct 24., William M. Canby

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[4]

Whenever I speak of Alaska and recommend people to go there to see its wonders, that is always the principal inducement I mention.
I ask you to believe, my dear Mr. Muir, that I always think of you with the utmost respect and I may truly say admiration; and that in all sincerity I am most truly,

Your obliged,

Wm M. Canby

I sent your Mountains of California to Mr. Anderson

[1]

Wilmington Delaware

Oct. 24th 1897

My dear Mr. Muir,

Prof. August has written me of the death of your mother-in-law, the dear old lady who so kindly …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Oct 22., Charles Sprague Sargent Oct 1897

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Oct 22., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., October 22, [illegible].

My dear Muir:

I thank you for your note of the 16th. You will, I am sure, be glad to know that my daughter is doing as well as possible and that in a few days now she will be sitting up again, and at the end of another month, if all goes well, as good or better than new. It has been, however, a terrible strain on us all.
And now Dana is dead and buried and another of my old friends gone. The loss of him and Stiles …

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Letter From J. R. Anderson To John Muir, 1897 Oct 21., J. R. Anderson Oct 1897

Letter From J. R. Anderson To John Muir, 1897 Oct 21., J. R. Anderson

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

VICTORIA, October 21st 1897

Dear Mr Muir

I am in receipt of your letter of the 16th Instant and note you had received my last report. You will see some glaring evidences of ignorance in going through the work for which I am not responsible, notably Distribution of Trees "page 1137 which is of course rubbish, it was put in without my authority, as well as other matter which you may not notice.
I have been placed in receipt of your work "Mountains of California" which was sent to me by Mr Canby and which I am reading with much …

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Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Oct 16., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Charles Sprague] Sargent, 1897 Oct 16., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Original letter in possession of Chas. S. Sargent
Martinez, Oct. 16, 1987My dear Sargent:

I know very well what you have suffered on account of the deadly danger your daughter was in, for I have two daughter and years ago they were near to death. I see that poor, good, able, and amiable Stiles is dead. This death,Disease and pain business of our nature is horrible amid the joy and harmony of our blessed world, and we can only hope and trust that there is a still better world beyond this.
With this I return good abbot's letters. I think …

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1897 Oct 15 Walter Page To Jm P1, Walter H. Page Oct 1897

1897 Oct 15 Walter Page To Jm P1, Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[Page 1]

Dear Mr. Muir,

I thank you very heartily for your telegram that has just been received, and I wait with eagerness for your letter. At the risk of making myself a nuisance I was on the point of writing to you an additional experience that I have had which I cannot help thinking will interest you.

Mr. John Burroughs has been spending a little while with me, and he talks about nothing else so earnestly as about you and your work. He declares in the most emphatic fashion that it will be a misfortune too great to estimate …

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Letter From John Muir To [Margaret (Hay) Lunam], 1897 Oct 15., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Margaret (Hay) Lunam], 1897 Oct 15., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Martinez, California Oct. 15, 1897

My dear Cousin

I should have written you before. but I was away in the Rocky Mountains & Alaska. I hurried back earlier than usual & it was well I did so far our loved Mother Strentzel was very sick, & about two weeks after my return she died at the age of 76. How small our little family now seems you will know.
I am much surprised to hear of the sudden death of Mr Dick. How different from that of my motherinlaw, who was an invalid more than 40 years.
My Sister Mary …

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Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Oct 14., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [Theodore P.] Lukens, 1897 Oct 14., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

as to his mother-in-Laws death.

Martinez, Oct 14, 1897.

My dear Lukens.

I should have written you before this but when I returned from Alaska Mrs Strentzel was rapidly failing & in two weeks she died. She was buried on the 27th of last month. She has long been an invalid but for the last seven months she suffered so much we were all glad when the great sleep & rest came. How good she was You in part know. & how small our family now seems.
I hope you are well & the family. Lottie must be growing fast …

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Pathless Treasure Fields Of The Frozen Northland. John Muir Writes Of The Vast Country, Rich In Gold, That Has Not Been Disturbed By The Prospector. There Is No Occasion For Seekers After Fortune To Rush Pell-Mell Into The Region Of Snow And Ice, For Alaska, For Many Years, Will Be The Poor Man's Mining Country., John Muir Oct 1897

Pathless Treasure Fields Of The Frozen Northland. John Muir Writes Of The Vast Country, Rich In Gold, That Has Not Been Disturbed By The Prospector. There Is No Occasion For Seekers After Fortune To Rush Pell-Mell Into The Region Of Snow And Ice, For Alaska, For Many Years, Will Be The Poor Man's Mining Country., John Muir

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

PATHLESS TREASURE HELDS OP THE FROZEN NORTHLAND,? John Huir Writer of the Vast Country, Rich in Gofcl, That Has Not Been Disturbed by the Prospector. There Is No Occasion for Seekers After Fortune to Rush Peff- Meff Into the Region of Snow and Ice, for Afaska, for Many Years, Wiff Be the Poor flan's Mining Country. JESy John Mtair. All the world Is sprinkled -with gold, but precious p- sparsely in most places. Nature, it seems, put just enough of the exciting stuff into the starry mass to keep people on the move. Most of that portion of it lying …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] S[Argent] To John Muir, 1897 Oct 11., Charles Sprague Sargent Oct 1897

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] S[Argent] To John Muir, 1897 Oct 11., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., October 11, 1897.

My dear Muir:

Since I wrote you last I have buried poor Stiles and seen my daughter very near death. This was a week ago when a third operation was performed. She almost succumbed after it but rallied in thirty-six hours and is now doing as well as possible. The doctors feel that she is quite out of danger, and I hope in ten days more that she will be sitting up.
Stiles's death is a serious matter for me and I shall never get another man to help me …

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Letter From Julia M[Erill] Moores To John Muir, 1897 Oct 11., Julia Merill Moores Oct 1897

Letter From Julia M[Erill] Moores To John Muir, 1897 Oct 11., Julia Merill Moores

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

1960 N. Pa. St., Indianapolis,
Oct. 11, 1897.

My dear Mr. Muir:I have had it in my heart to write to you ever sincethe return of Kate and mina from your beautiful land. I am glad ofwhat they could tell us of your lovely home- of yourself, of yourwife and daughters. Once a friend – a friend forever – and I thankGod that I have had many life-long friends.
In the September “Century” I found a wonderful story – of the“Adventure with a dog” on a glacier. I enjoyed every word of it – readit over and over – and …

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Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Oct 7., Walter H. Page Oct 1897

Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Oct 7., Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

2

Literature and that lays the greatest stress on preserving and fortifying it and in doing a permanent and continuous service for it. The attention to permanent editions, from one generation of publishers to another, by a house that by reason of the body of permanent literature that it has to do with has become itself a great institution--this is a matter of great importance. But I am preaching the sermon that Professor Sargent said today that he would himself preach to you: it's a sermon so true that it'll bear repeating.
The point is that you concentrate your work …

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Letter From W[Arren] Olney To N. Gilmore, 1897 Oct 6., Warren Olney Oct 1897

Letter From W[Arren] Olney To N. Gilmore, 1897 Oct 6., Warren Olney

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

[illegible]
October 6, 1897

Mr. N. Gilmore,
Gilmore Springs, Tallac, Cal.

Dear Sir:-

Mr. B. F. Allen, special agent of the Land Department, will be at your place in a few days for the purpose of making a special investigation as to the propriety of setting apart the public lands in your neighborhood as a forest reservation. I hope he will be able to get there before you shut up for the winter, because I shall direct him to go immediately to your place. You can furnish him horses and give him information in regard to the country. He goes …

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Letter From John Muir To [George G.] Kip, 1897 Oct 6., John Muir Oct 1897

Letter From John Muir To [George G.] Kip, 1897 Oct 6., John Muir

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

Bancroft Library

Martinez, Cal. Oct 6, 1897.

My dear Mr Kip.

On my return from Alaska a short time ago I found you letter & the photograph of the Juneau hemlock. It is a good picture & I thank you for it & also for your kind letter. I had Prof Sargent & Mr Canby as companions studying the forest mostly. We had the state rooms occupied by your party & the Osborns & I often thought of you all as we sailed again through these charming inland waters I should have been glad to have shown you my favroite …

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Trails Of The Gold Hunters In Northern Seas And On Mountain Passes. Five Passes To The Yukon Gold Fields. John Muir's Letter On The Condition Of The Trails. The Best Route Next Spring Will Be By The Way Of Dyea. Skagway Pronounced The Worst, In Spite Of Attempted Road-Building. Bread For Prospectors. As Well Take Drugs To Heaven As Medicines To Alaska, Says The Experienced Traveler., John Muir Oct 1897

Trails Of The Gold Hunters In Northern Seas And On Mountain Passes. Five Passes To The Yukon Gold Fields. John Muir's Letter On The Condition Of The Trails. The Best Route Next Spring Will Be By The Way Of Dyea. Skagway Pronounced The Worst, In Spite Of Attempted Road-Building. Bread For Prospectors. As Well Take Drugs To Heaven As Medicines To Alaska, Says The Experienced Traveler., John Muir

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

M ..ext men, gging. . .0 death di -ied on the one ashore?" . Neilson, almost .mteered. Over the with the line about tipped on the jagged xkers tossed him. Lost Jhe wreck could hear his ivened, and they thought: c became taut, and "a shout -.em that brave Neilson was .1 line a big four-inch hawser cried the Captain above the Neilson pulled, and soon all n the beach. The men rescued , little progress. Of the three other southern passes at the head of Lynn canal, the middle one, called the Dyea or Chilcoot, though rough and difficult, …

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Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Sep 30., Charles Sprague Sargent Sep 1897

Letter From C[Harles] S[Prague] Sargent To John Muir, 1897 Sep 30., Charles Sprague Sargent

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

ARNOLD ARBORETUM,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

Jamaica Plain, Mass., September 30, 1897.

My dear Muir:

I enclose a couple of letters from Abbot which you may like to see. Please return them sometime or other. The other letter which I enclose, and which need not be returned, is written by a man eighty-seven years old and a great lover and planter of trees. Evidently he has lived long enough to be able to know a good thing when he sees it. You must come next summer and see him.
It is lucky I hurried home, for my eldest daughter has been grievously …

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Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Sep 29., Walter H. Page Sep 1897

Letter From Walter H. Page To John Muir, 1897 Sep 29., Walter H. Page

John Muir Correspondence (PDFs)

EDITORIAL OFFICE OF
The Atlantic Monthly,
BOSTON.

September 29, 1897.

Dear [illegible]:

Having heard that Professor Sargent is home again (though I have not had the pleasure to see him), I assume that you, too, have come back from the wilderness, and perhaps are good enough to be at work on articles for the Atlantic. I am now trying to put together the best material that I have in hand or that is in sight for the December Atlantic. Manuscripts for this number ought not to be received much later than the middle of October. I wonder if we may …

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