John Muir 1911 My First Summer In The Sierra

Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations NY PUBLIC LIBRARY THE BRANCH LIBRARIES My First Summer in the Sierra Liberty Cap, with Vernal and Nevada Falls in the Sierra By John Muir ^ M With Illustrations from Drawings made by the Author in 1869 and from Photographs by Herbert W, Gleason BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 191 1 COPYRIGHT, 19ll, BY JOHN MUIR ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Published June /: V. 7 i 7 - / / pKOFEKTY OF T»K A> CITY OF ^- FRWfi Sierra Club of California Faithful Defender of the People's Playgrounds Illustrations PLATES Reproduced from photographs by Herbert W. Gleason, several of which were taken while in the company of the author, who is seen in the one facing page 2,16. LIBERTY CAP, WITH VERNAL AND NEVADA FALLS Frontispiece WHITE MARIPOSA TULIP (Calochortus albus)...22 A FOREST BROOK 46 A SUGAR PINE 68 A MOUNTAIN STREAM uz A GLACIAL BOULDER 134 THUNDER-STORM OVER YOSEMITE 166 FOLIAGE AND CONES OF SIERRA HEMLOCK (Tsuga Mertensiana) … 204 MAGNIFICENT SILVER FIRS (MR. MUIR IN FOREGROUND). 216 TUOLUMNE MEADOW FROM CATHEDRAL PEAK... 266 SIERRA RANGE FROM MONO CRATER 308 IN TUOLUMNE SEQUOIA GROVE 350 ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT From sketches made by the author in 1869. HORSESHOE BEND, MERCED RIVER 17 ON SECOND BENCH. EDGE OF THE MAIN FOREST BELT, ABOVE COULTERVILLE, NEAR GREELEY's MlLL...21 CAMP, NORTH FORK OF THE MERCED..41 [ …