RECORD: Dixie, Florence. 1882.05.28. [Recollection of Darwin in a letter to Francis Darwin]. CUL-DAR198.54. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 4.2021. RN1
NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
Dixie dedicated her book, In the Land of Misfortune (1882) to Darwin:
"TO THE LATE CHARLES DARWIN, Esq., THESE PAGES ARE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, BY ONE WHO WAS HONOURED WITH HIS FRIENDSHIP, AND TO WHOM HIS WORKS HAVE EVER BEEN A SOURCE OF ADMIRATION AND DELIGHT."
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Dear Mr Darwin,
Some time ago I sent yr late lamented father a copy of my book "Across Patagonia," which he was good eno' to say he appreciated, and before leaving for Africa last year during the Boer War, I solicited & obtained his permission to dedicate my forthcoming book of travels in South Africa to him. — It is now ready for publication but I hesitate to make use of Mr. Darwin's name without first receiving your permission to dedicate the book to the memory of one whose humble admirer I have ever been, & whose books have afforded me many a pleasant hour's reading. Apologising for troubling you I remain
Sincerely yours,
Florence Dixie
From Lady Florence Dixie.
Bosworth Part
Hinckley
Leicestershire
May 28th 1882
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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