PROFESSOR HAECKEL.
(.Tit ■•' '■■. : ;-;;.''„' ■'• '" : ■: ■■DUfietll^&bruaiy;s. : v. v Mr. tr. A. Rawson has received a long : and .'interesting 1 letter • from 'Professpr' -:Ernesfc HaeokeV the great German": scientist, dated Jena, November,2B, :19n8.-' .This 1 letter-is in' acknowledgment of Various ; ,hooks ;; and pam-. ; phlets on his .remarks he' mentions, thatf'the scenery of New Zealand was very much .admired- by-him ;forty. years; ago, wheri/his- friend?-Dr. Hoch;stetter, published his work'on::this" country. .Mr..Rawson has allowed the' , following: ex- • tracts, to. beiimade:fcoin -the..letter:-^/.ii^it-. , ;.- - ,1, ."•:. "If'l.were; twenty yeariljpungeiy I'would .certainly .visit, and,enjoy'.the "splendii scene.iy. ?i our $? T< >Vm> ttp '.late.,.: ; My seventy-fivev.yearsiforbid' s'uch'a •.Voyage;/;..0n • July) ,So : 35()th! anniversary,of ■ the'sJeria TJniversity: v On ;; that as my.ooritribution ; to.the fes-: ~t ivity,-1 -transferred. to Jthe University , after'• :for.ty-eight..;years of acade'inical service,' my t.phyleticmuseumi-which^is:intended! tv' show ;in;concret«:f6rmV :; - The;biiildinff-.is now. ready,-;bW;;theV:iMer/organisati6n quires ' some\ years' of ihar^iiWrk.'and-muoh : :more:inoney.than\l;could-coliebt': ; up to.riow," and; if- you can interest someirich' masters'of :scienqe for this task;,, you'will be doing good work.:-. In-March;: 1909, i:give. r up my .(ffiair'M Zoology, which Thaye retained "for 'forty■e«sht.years, and;'l- : will spend- ITiej rest of .my ■ life intne eerrice of "thephyletic museum." :,...With -the'letters-Mr.. Rawson also received :a complete . collection.. -of-.'.tli'e:--.prbfesso'r ! s■ .WanderbiMer,": -consisting'.of -forty: 'plates' .of ■ his .pictures taken in •in/1881,' and' an the-East- Indies 1 in ] 901v--Trve prbfesspr, js : : a giftediartist,■• and these : !ijiciiir«s"arev-ei- , loeedirigly; beautiful..and>• valuable;';: .':./• •:
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 6
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215PROFESSOR HAECKEL. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 425, 6 February 1909, Page 6
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