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Bird, Isabella, 1831-1904 (English explorer, writer, photographer and naturalist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arnold, Edwin, 1888

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/5
Scope and Contents

Edwin Arnold (1832-1904), poet, educator in India, Autograph Letter Signed 1888, to Isabella Bird.

1 Letter. 28 October 1888. Sir Edwin Arnold writes to Isabella Bird. He gives her advice and encouragement regarding her plans to travel to Tibet.

Notes by Alfred Stumpff:

Transcription included in the file? Yes.

Dates: 1888
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists

Bird, Isabella, 1880

 File — Box Coll-2106 - Box 1
Identifier: Coll-2106/11
Scope and Contents Isabella Bird (1831-1904), traveller, geographer, 2 Autograph Letters Signed.1 Letter and 1 Fragment of a letter. Letter 1: 01 February 1880. Edinburgh. Bird writes to Mrs Chamberlain. She encloses a note to John Murray, which she hopes will encourage him to publish more poetry. Fragment of a Letter: the final page of a letter, includes Isabella Bird's signature. Notes by Alfred Stumpff: Biographical note on the author and the addressee....
Dates: 1880
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Stumpff Collection of Orientalists