To Emil Holub 4 February 1882
Down, | Beckenham, Kent. | (Railway Station | Orpington. S.E.R.)
Feb 4th. 1882
Dear Sir
I am much obliged for the gift of your beautifully got-up book on the ornithology of S. Africa, & for your other essays.1
Whenever you come to England I shall be much pleased to see you here, & if you will inform me, I can tell you the best manner to reach this house.—2
I remain, Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Charles Darwin
Footnotes
Bibliography
Holub, Emil. 1881b. Seven years in South Africa: travels, researches, and hunting adventures, between the diamond-fields and the Zambesi (1872–79). Translated by Ellen E. Frewer. 2d edition. 2 vols. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington.
Holub, Emil, and Pelzeln, August von. 1882. Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas. Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der von Dr. Holub auf seinen südafrikanischen Reisen gesammelten und im Pavillon des Amateurs zu Wien ausgestellten Arten. Vienna: Alfred Hölder.
Summary
Thanks EH for book on ornithology of South Africa and for his essays [Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas von Aug. von Holub und E. Pelzeln (1882)].
Will be pleased to see him when he comes to England.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-13661
- From
- Charles Robert Darwin
- To
- Emil Holub
- Sent from
- Down
- Source of text
- Národní Muzeum, Prague
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 13661,” accessed on 19 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-13661.xml
