Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent from:
Lowestoft, Suffolk
To:
Macleay, Alexander
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Arrangements for printing of papers. Sorry "Linnean Transactions" vol 8 is so thin; his paper on 'Brodiaea' would have helped and is a fresh reason why he regrets not publishing it now. [James] Brodie's friends think not publishing it defeats the compliment, and all think it an "undue deference to a villain who is our disgrace" [Richard Salisbury had published 'Brodiaea' as 'Hookera' in "Paradisus Londinensis"]; several Council members lamented to see him forced to yield to "such opposition" and the brutality with which it was enforced. He knows Macleay acted for the best and feels the "bulk of the Society entirely guiltless", and will continue to send papers.
Has requested proofs of all [James] Sowerby's plates for his and [William Jackson] Hooker's papers on mosses, following the mistake he made with 'Hookeria lucens' in "English botany". Expecting a visit from [Robert] Brown.
Letter date:
29 Sep 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
Sm/M'L 49
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
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| Related Material | Smith, J E, 'Characters of a new Liliaceous Genus called Brodiaea', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1810 10(1), pp.1-5.
Salisbury, R A, and Hooker, W, (1805-1808). "The paradisus Londinensis: or coloured figures of plants cultivated in the vicinity of the metropolis. [The figures] by William Hooker." London: [privately.].
Smith, J E, and Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English botany" London.
Hooker, W J, 'Musci Nepalenses; or Descriptions of several new Mosses from Nepal', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9(1), pp.307-322.
Smith, J E, 'Characters of Hookeria, a new Genus of Mosses, with Descriptions of Ten Species', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1808 9(1), pp.272-282. |
| Finding Aids | Correspondence-Smith/McLeay handlist, Linnean Society. |
