Letter from Douglas W. Freshfield [Douglas William Freshfield] to William Robinson
Information
Title
Letter from Douglas W. Freshfield [Douglas William Freshfield] to William Robinson
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
WRO/2/036
Date
12 Jun 1923
Scope & content
Written from Wych Cross Place, Forest Row, Sussex. Manuscript
On returning from Geneva, where he received a degree from the university, he found Robinson’s volume; it was kind of him and he will value it greatly; he has been on the point of coming ‘to study your floral poetry’ for the past month but has been delayed; he hopes to come next week with his 48 year old ‘Italian Alps’; it was sold as a remainder 40 years ago and is quite scarce now; it was warmer abroad but the alpine flora was still under snow