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From:
Stanley de Brath
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
29 October 1895
Source of text:
British Library, The: BL Add. 46439 ff. 303-304
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Contributor:
Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project
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Thanks Mills for sending him an account of the English Lake District along with detailed maps.
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Improvements to the orchid house; chess; correspondence; local gossip about Mrs Travers; details from a book on diet and life-style by an "inspired crank"; returning photos; returning coral named by Dr Allman.
ARW has written nothing on the burial, as has found nothing of special interest. Asks CR to keep the specimens and give them with the bones to the Dorchester Museum. Arranges to meet the following Saturday. Saw CR's interesting note relating to the ?Rooks and the acorns.
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About Entomology. Describing is not of special use to the philosophical generaliser, but collecting, naming and classifying are most essential. He had described very little - except palms, when he wrote his papers on variation- but very experienced in these other areas. Errors of Galton and Bateson are due to want of such training. Description of trip to Switzerland with Mitten in the summer. Will's work with Mr Holmes.