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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
Violet Isabel Wallace
Date:
29 October 1894
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/2/54
Summary:
Recovery from damage to his eyesight, unable to read or write for previous month; Ma (Annie Wallace) reading papers to him, learning Poe's "Farewell to Earth" by heart to pass the time; visit of Miss Heaton from Natal with a trap-door spider for Violet, can supply a chameleon if wanted; "Clementina" [Clement Reid] has left for Corfe; rearrangement of furniture in study (sketch plan included).
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project