Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1897 Jul 9.

July 9, 1897R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. My dear Muir:- The dog story is at hand and we are correspondingly happy. I have just sent the copy to the printer, under the title"An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier," and I have done the s...

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Main Author: Johnson, Robert Underwood
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Scholarly Commons 1897
Subjects:
Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
glacier
Alaska
Online Access:https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2272
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spelling ftunivpacificmsl:oai:scholarlycommons.pacific.edu:muir-correspondence-3271 2023-10-01T03:56:07+02:00 Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1897 Jul 9. Johnson, Robert Underwood 1897-07-09T08:00:00Z application/pdf https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2272 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3271/viewcontent/muir09_0970_let.pdf eng eng Scholarly Commons https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2272 https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/context/muir-correspondence/article/3271/viewcontent/muir09_0970_let.pdf Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. John Muir Correspondence (PDFs) Environmentalist naturalist travel conservation national parks John Muir history correspondence letters text 1897 ftunivpacificmsl 2023-09-02T22:31:30Z July 9, 1897R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. My dear Muir:- The dog story is at hand and we are correspondingly happy. I have just sent the copy to the printer, under the title"An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier," and I have done the story a service by cutting out some of the preliminary material, which retarded the narrative and to some extent gave away the point. Your digressions about dog life in general, and your elaborate descriptions of "Stickeen" take from the surprise with which the reader discovers his fine qualities. When you told this storyyou simply said that this was a dog to whom you had paid very little attention before; but when in the manuscript you describe him at considerable length the reader is less prepared for the legitimate effect of his wonderful feat. On this principle I have left out the references to the previous crossings of the ice slivers, and treated it as if it were the climax of the adventure. The element of surprise is of the very essence of the success of the story. Remember that this is my story as well as yours. I have heard it several times, and I know how it is most effective. Of course, I have not dared to add a line, but have only left out what seems to me extraneous matter. For instance, though interesting and valuable in itself, the description in extenso of what you saw on the glacier has nothing to do with the story, except Just02314 R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. enough to from a background. [illegible] The Alaska article will appear in the August number.We are sending this down for September, which is now our next.See my editorial in the August number on the great publicservice of the Forest Commisson. Faithfully yours[illegible] John Muir Esq. Martinez, California02314 Text glacier Alaska University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law: Scholarly Commons
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topic Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
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naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
Johnson, Robert Underwood
Letter from R[obert] U[nderwood] Johnson to John Muir, 1897 Jul 9.
topic_facet Environmentalist
naturalist
travel
conservation
national parks
John Muir
history
correspondence
letters
description July 9, 1897R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON. ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. My dear Muir:- The dog story is at hand and we are correspondingly happy. I have just sent the copy to the printer, under the title"An Adventure with a Dog and a Glacier," and I have done the story a service by cutting out some of the preliminary material, which retarded the narrative and to some extent gave away the point. Your digressions about dog life in general, and your elaborate descriptions of "Stickeen" take from the surprise with which the reader discovers his fine qualities. When you told this storyyou simply said that this was a dog to whom you had paid very little attention before; but when in the manuscript you describe him at considerable length the reader is less prepared for the legitimate effect of his wonderful feat. On this principle I have left out the references to the previous crossings of the ice slivers, and treated it as if it were the climax of the adventure. The element of surprise is of the very essence of the success of the story. Remember that this is my story as well as yours. I have heard it several times, and I know how it is most effective. Of course, I have not dared to add a line, but have only left out what seems to me extraneous matter. For instance, though interesting and valuable in itself, the description in extenso of what you saw on the glacier has nothing to do with the story, except Just02314 R. W. GILDER, EDITOR. R. U. JOHNSON, ASSOCIATE EDITOR. C. C. BUEL, ASSISTANT EDITOR. enough to from a background. [illegible] The Alaska article will appear in the August number.We are sending this down for September, which is now our next.See my editorial in the August number on the great publicservice of the Forest Commisson. Faithfully yours[illegible] John Muir Esq. Martinez, California02314
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url https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/muir-correspondence/2272
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op_rights Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
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