From:
C[harles] De La Pryme
To:
Sir John Herschel
Date:
19 August [1856]
Source of text:
RS:HS 6.487
Summary:
Inviting JH to become a candidate at Cambridge.
Contributor:
John Herschel Project
Inviting JH to become a candidate at Cambridge.
Relating his experiences on his recent tours abroad.
Asks to borrow C. L. Brehm’s book [Handbuch der Naturgeschichte aller Vögel Deutschlands (1831)]. Wants to see how far Brehm went in splitting species.
Took finches from Madeira to British Museum.
No summary available.