DEDICATED TO 



JOHN MUIR 



MAN OF SCIENCE AND OF LETTERS 



WIDELY TRAVELED OBSERVER OF THE WORLD 



FRIEND AND PROTECTOR OF NATURE 



UNIQUELY GIFTED TO INTERPRET 



UNTO OTHER MEN HER 



MIND AND WAYS 



The words of the dedication are 

 those used by President Benjamin 

 Ide Wheeler of the University of 

 California in conferring the degree 

 of Doctor of Laws upon John Muir, 

 May 14, 1913 



