Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Information
Title
Letter from J.D. Hooker [Joseph Dalton Hooker] to George Maw
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
MAW/1/195
Date
17 Feb 1880
Scope & content
Written from Royal Gardens, Kew. Manuscript
The best way will be to let him see a proof of sentences when printed; he has altered one expression for the better; it is no trouble at all. 17 Feb 1880. 1 page letter (1 sheet)
Enclosed is a page of manuscript writing in Latin, annotated in English, including a comment, ‘The fact is that Baker [John Gilbert Baker, botanist, keeper of the Kew Herbarium] cannot turn your English into Latin. It is one thing to write your own Latin, avoiding grammatical difficulties and involved sentences; it is quite another to put another’s English into Latin!’. Undated [c.Feb 1880]. 2 page enclosure (1 sheet)
Level
Item
Extent
1 page letter (1 sheet) and 2 page enclosure (1 sheet)