Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Frankland, Sir Thomas
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Hopes his pamphlet "Cautions to young sportsmen" is widely circulated and prevents accidents; only criticism received is that it is too short, the gunmakers Manton in Dover Street and Joseph Manton in Davies Street make no objections in spite of its attack on double guns, which form greater part of their profits. Will put his name to a second edition if the 750 copies sell and regrets not already doing so. Criticises fashion for books to include engraving of the author and mocks Charles Small Pybus' [(1766-1810), politician] poem "The Sovereign" supposing "he expects some of the Russian Court Ladies to send for him [...] in consequence of the beauty of his appearance, at the head of his verses".
Page's book printed for Scutcherd & Whitaker, details of Norwich printing.
Letter date:
28 Mar 1800
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.21
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Frankland, T, (1800). "Cautions to Young Sportsmen" London : James Robson; please note not available in Linnean Society Library but available from British Library.
Pybus, C S, (1800). "The Sovereign [A poem] Addressed to Paul, Emperor of All the Russias LP" London; please note not available in Linnean Society Library but available from British Library. |
| 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. |
