To John Shillinglaw1    5 October 1886

5/10/86

 

Let me thank you, dear Mr Shillinglaw, for your circumspect kindness in sending me the copy of Capt. Musgrave's diary.2 I read it at the time in a periodical, but never had a book-copy myself; now that the antarctic interests commence to be revived, I will read this book, so thoughtfully edited by you, with care, before I send it off to Capt Armstrong. Are copies anywhere purchasable?3 I should like very much to have a short conversation with you, prior to your final R. Comm. Report4 is printed.

Regardfully your

Ferd. von Mueller

1
MS annotations by Shillinglaw: 'Rec 5.X.86' and 'Answed 7.X.86'. Letter not found.
2
See J. Shillinglaw to M, 1 October 1886.
3
Thomas Musgrave, Castaway on the Auckland Isles, ed. J. J. Shillinglaw, Melbourne, 1865. A copy of this work is in the library at MEL.
4
The first progress report of the Royal Commission on Vegetable Products, 1885-94, was published in 1886. It included evidence and documents from M: B86.13.26, B86.13.27, B86.13.28. Shillinglaw was secretary to the Royal Commission.

Please cite as “FVM-86-10-05,” 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 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/vonmueller/letters/86-10-05