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

1
The year is established by the relationship between this letter and the letter to Francis Darwin, [28 February 1871].
2
Mivart refers to Paul Belloni Du Chaillu and Du Chaillu 1861 (see also letter from W. W. Reade, 21 February 1871 and n. 8). Mivart was having a house built at Wilmshurst, Fletching, near Uckfield, in Sussex (see also letter from St G. J. Mivart, 31 January 1871).

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-5926,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-5926