Cot. 6, 1915 vi ANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE HKO UNIV 1705 COPYRIGHT, 1901, BY JOHN MUIR Published November, 1901 641005 ΤΟ CHARLES SPRAGUE SARGENT STEADFAST LOVER AND DEFENDER OF OUR COUNTRY'S FORESTS THIS LITTLE BOOK Js Affectionately Dedicated PREFACE In this book, made up of sketches first published in the Atlantic Monthly, I have done the best I could to show forth the beauty, grandeur, and all-embracing usefulness of our wild mountain forest reservations and parks, with a view to inciting the people to come and enjoy them, and get them into their hearts, that so at length their preservation and right use might be made sure MARTINEZ, CALIFORNIA |