To George Brown   30 December 1883

30/12/83

 

The last mail, rev. and dear Sir, brought me the enclosed letter1 from the great Vienne Linguist, Professor Müller,2 to whom I had sent your most valuable publications3 on the language of the Duke of York Islanders.4 Prof Müller bestows on you and your collaborator the recognition so richly due to you. I enclose his letter

With my best wishes to you for a happy new year

your regardful

Ferd. von Mueller.

1
Letter not found.
2
Presumably Friedrich Müller (1834-98), professor of linguistics at Vienna.
3
It is not known which publications were sent. Possibilities include: G. Brown (1877), which has some preliminary vocabulary lists on pp. 146-8; Brown, Danks & Rooney (1882); and Brown & Danks (1883).
4
Now part of East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea.

Please cite as “FVM-83-12-30,” in Correspondence of Ferdinand von Mueller, edited by R.W. Home, Thomas A. Darragh, A.M. Lucas, Sara Maroske, D.M. Sinkora†, J.H. Voigt† and Monika Wells accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/83-12-30