. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation. Worn. rAâ,««o DOUBLEDAY PaGE & CO. U3 U5 UT E*»TJ
. C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942). United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation. Worn. rAâ,««o DOUBLEDAY PaGE & CO. U3 U5 UT E*»TJ«r?ST»«wYo«ii CovirravLrpB IK IkiB Gakobh MAOAaiMB September 9, 1908. My dear Dr. !v!erriaja: â "e ^lave been quite m unconscionable time m reading "Myateriee of the Fore World" â juBt because it is such bully stuff and so well worked out that we have been trying to find out how we could secure an adequate narket for it. The truth is, however, that in spite of the fas- cinating nature of sorae of these legends, and in spite of the admirable manner in which they hare been worked out, to havo not been able to con- vuico ourselves that wo could sell enough copies to make it worth your whila or ours as a popu- lar book. I have become convinced in reading it that there v/ould be a great chance for a book for children, which would take a lot of those stories and a lot of myths of other tribes, and make them into what might almost bo called an American counterpart of Grinni's Fairy Tales, though, of course, on an entirely different' basis. For instance, we are publishing a se- ries of "Fairy Tales Every Child Should ; "Poems," "Mii;hs," "Legends", etc., v^hich has been extremely successful, and I am convinced that there would be an opportunity to use a lot of such material in this way if it were prop- erly directed at this particular market. But of course I realize that tliis is a very different schme
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