[Naturalist; Malacologist; explorer] Autograph Letter Signed "Wm. H. Dall", naturalist and explorer, to Mrs Geo. R. Parks [née Elizabeth Robins, author], 24 Iverna Gardens, Kensington, W [London] about Mrs Pennell and the Yukon.

Published by Headed Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Washington DC 12 Feb, 1907

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Two pages, 4to, fold mark, good cvondition, saying: ". It is true that I was misled by a paragraph in the N.Y. Times into the supposition that Mrs. Pennell, whose literary work I have greatly enjoyed, was the same as the author of the powerful and thrilling story of the 'Magnetic North'; but Mr. Gilder put me right after I had posted the little article which, on account of its subject, I had presumed to hope might have some interest for you. Conditions have changed so in the Yukon country since my sojourn there, that I might well look to you for an introduction to the new Yukon world - and it makes me feel extraordinarily ancient to realize the changes which the years have brought. | For your share in helping toward a knowledge of them, and lending the torch of your genius to make them not only visible but real to your readers, we are all in your debt, and I beg you will accept my thanks and congratulations, as one of the many who appreciate it." Dall is referring to such works by Robins (Mrs Parks) as "The Alaska Klondike Diary of Elizabeth Robins" and "The Magnetic North".…

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[Naturalist; Malacologist; explorer] Autograph Letter Signed "Wm. H. Dall", naturalist and explorer, to Mrs Geo. R. Parks [née Elizabeth Robins, author], 24 Iverna Gardens, Kensington, W [London] about Mrs Pennell and the Yukon.
Author
William Healey Dall, American naturalist, a prominent malacologist, and one of the earliest scientific explorers of interior Alaska.
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Headed Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Washington DC 12 Feb
Publication year
1907

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