a
man has honor save in his own country, aptly describe the
experience of our poet. By now I think all will agree with
me in saying that a goodly portion of the productions of the
good gray poet of Oregon will live long after he has been
gathered to his fathers. From my point of view, I see in him
a true poet of nature, a fitting mouthpiece to depict the
transcendent beauties and majesty of our beloved snow-
crowned and emerald state.
There is a reference to Specimens in one of his let
ters to his sister at the Warm Springs Reservation,
dated April 28, 1868, at Canyon City...
.
Last week I sent you a small volume of my poems. I
desire that you have them bound so that you can keep them
while you live. You will direct the binder to put heavy state
and fly leaves on the sides so as to give it bulk. If finely
bound with the title "Specimens" and the author's name on
the side, it will be a nice ornament for your center table.
They can be bound in Portland.
If I live another year or two, I will publish a large book
and have it found and put in market.
This larger, but not very much larger, book,
Joaquin, Et ...
,
came into existence the next year, as
has already been described...
was not altogether with
out favorable notice, being given the following very
nice puff in the Eugene City Guard, in his home town...
the issue of April 24, 1869:
The abov...
the title of
a
volume of poems composed by
Hon. C. H . Miller, Judge of Grant County. The volum...
entirely Oregonian, having been written, printed, bound and
published within this State. The mechanical work in the pro
duction of this neat little volume cannot be surpassed any
where...
was printed by Messrs. Carter
&
Himes, bound by
A. G. Walling and published b...
J.
McCormick.
A
careful
perusal of the contents proves that the poet possesses true
genius and real poetical fire. H...
among the poets
