WCP1361

Letter (WCP1361.1140)

[1]

[in ARW’s hand] Answd

Teal Point P.O.

via Kerang Victoria

Australia

[1910-1913]

Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace

Dear Sir

I take the liberty to address you because I admire your views on spiritual matters and your courage in advancing them.

I had the pleasure of reading your book "Modern Miracles"1,2 seven years ago and there found the enlightenment I sought in vain elsewhere and as a reader of the Melbourne occult paper "Harbinger of Light" I see you are continually referred to with respect[.] Therefore I have called my youngest and fourteenth

child Alfred Russel English born on April 9 1910 out of regard for you and would esteem a brief acknowledgement of this letter in your own handwriting.

I am Dear Sir | Yours very sincerely | John T English3 [signature]

1
Wallace, A. R. 1875. On miracles and modern spiritualism. Three essays. London: James Burns.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1896. Miracles and modern spiritualism. Revised edition, with chapters on apparitions and phantasms. London: George Redway.
3
English has not been identified.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1361.1140)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2014-03-28] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-03-28] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP1361,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1361