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From:
Alfred Russel Wallace
To:
George Charles Silk
Date:
[22 Dec. 1861 & 20 Jan. 1862]
Source of text:
- Natural History Museum, London: NHM WP1/3/53
- Wallace, A. R. (1908). In: My Life: a Record of Events and Opinions (2nd edition). London: Chapman & Hall. [pp. 199-201]
- Marchant, J. (Ed.). (1916). In: Alfred Russel Wallace; Letters and Reminiscences. Vol. 1. London & New York: Cassell & Co. [pp. 87-88]
Summary:
Plans to return to England; GS's preoccupation with politics; ARW's paper on New Guinea Native Trade, Blondin, Mr Fechter; Great Expectations; wet season in Sumatra; jungle animals; monkey behaviour; Malay language and customs; [Mony's] book on Java; Dutch and British colonial government; GS's siblings; Marriage, desirable qualities in a wife.
Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project