GOULD

telling him that he trusts that three or four years at the farthest will bring my work on the 'Birds of Great Britain' to a close; I am in fact looking forward to its being finished before that length of time has elapsed. I sincerely hope you will continue your late son's subscription to this standard work on our native birds..., he says that if he does he will be a gainer as the parts you possess will be of little value without the remainder..., 2 sides 8vo., 26 Charlotte Street, Bedford Square, London, 13th January