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Asking ARW to name his ten favourite humanitarians of the 19th century, giving names of people who already contributed and informing ARW that he himself has already been named as one of the "precious ten"; typed on headed paper of "Altruria, an ideal magazine for people with ideals" [seems to have existed from 1907 to 1908]; handwritten note on back "The Ten favourite Humanitarians of the Nineteenth Century".
Letter bears no written date, estimated date c.1907. The letter concerns Chinese & Malayan Impatiens. Hooker began to study Impatiens seriously in about 1904, extending his interest from Indian species to those of China & Malaysia in around 1907. The subsequent (unrelated) letter in the volume can also be dated to 1907. Full summary not available.
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Visit to lawyer in Chancery Lane and asking William to reserve hotel rooms.
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Poulton's lecture at Cape Town on Burchell and animal mimicry.
Dr Spruce's letters to Kew which ARW is preparing for publication indicates that he sent to Stevens three small lots of beetles collected at Tarapoto Peru (in 1856), at ?Pacyaen, R Bombonasa Ecuador (in 1856) and at Banos Ecuador (in 1857) etc. Could Waterhouse look up the records of the purchase - number of species & proportion new ones?.
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