From St George Jackson Mivart 24 February [1871]1
7 North Bank N.W.
Feb. 24th.
My dear Sir,
I shall be delighted to see you on Monday about 10 a.m. Early on Tuesday morning I shall be off (like De Chaillu’s Troglodytes calvus) to look after my nest amongst the trees.2
Hoping that I may have the pleasure of seeing you pretty well on Monday & with very kind regards | I am | My dear Sir | Your’s most truly | St. Geo. Mivart.
Ch. Darwin Esq
Footnotes
Bibliography
Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni. 1861. Explorations & adventures in equatorial Africa; with accounts of the manners and customs of the people, and of the chace of the gorilla, crocodile, leopard, elephant, hippopotamus, and other animals. 2d edition. London: John Murray.
Summary
Would be pleased if CD called.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-5926
- From
- St George Jackson Mivart
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- London, North Bank, 7
- Source of text
- DAR 171: 182
- Physical description
- ALS 1p
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 5926,” accessed on 18 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-5926.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 19
