From:
William Ralston Shedden-Ralston
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
2 Dec 1875
Source of text:
DAR 176: 5
Summary:
CD’s letter from Tiflis is not in Russian but Georgian.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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CD’s letter from Tiflis is not in Russian but Georgian.
S. C. Malan, Rector of Broadwindsor, could translate Georgian letter from Tiflis.
Translates letter [of 30 Mar 1875, missing] to CD from the Society of Naturalists in the Imperial University of Kazan, awarding an honorary membership.
Snow has caused postponement of trip to London. Will inform WR when he arrives.
Encloses S. C. Malan’s letter which WRSR need not return. The letter in Georgian is so foolish he will not reply.
Asks WRSR to explain a diploma and letter he has received from Russia, so he can return his thanks. [Probably a reference to CD’s being made an honorary fellow of the Society of Naturalists of the Imperial Kazan University in 1875.]