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GB-110/JES/COR/2/72
Title
Joseph Bosworth, Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
2 Oct 1824
Author(s)
Joseph Bosworth 1789-1876
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/72 from Joseph Bosworth, Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (2 October 1824)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/72 from Joseph Bosworth, Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire, to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (2 October 1824) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Bosworth, Joseph
Sent from:
Little Horwood Vicarage, near Winslow, Buckinghamshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Congratulates Smith on his return to health and goes on to praise Smith's "most valuable and learned works on botany", the women in his family are especially delighted with the "The English Flora" and Smith's "precision" compares favourably to the "vapid conversations and trite introductions to botany that have lately appeared". For the sake of women readers suggests that in his "Introduction to Botany" Smith accentuates the "peculiar" words so as to aid pronunciation.
Letter date:
2 Oct 1824
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.126
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 11 [Oct 1824] |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1819). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany" London: Longman, 4th ed. Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
