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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

1
See letter from Emil Holub, 28 January 1882. Holub sent Beiträge zur Ornithologie Südafrikas (Contributions to the ornithology of South Africa; Holub and Pelzeln 1882). He had already sent the second English edition of Seven years in South Africa (Holub 1881b; see letter to Emil Holub, 23 January 1882).

Manuscript Alterations and Comments

0.1 (Railway … S.E.R.)] parentheses added

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