WCP1403

Letter (WCP1403.1182)

[1]

Wykeham House.

Oxford.

Dec[ember]. 19.1903

My Dear Wallace,

Many thanks for the photograph which I have taken to be framed. I am having glass back and front of the smaller one. Thank you warmly for your kind inscription which will be a good reminder to me. I shall hang it before me in my bedroom where [2] all my writing is done.

I enclose a letter from our Prof[essor]. of Arabic Prof[essor] Margoliouth1 which shows that the idea of the Arun I[sland]s has been suggested but, as he says, I still hope you will publish the idea as an independently occurring interpretation. [3]

Please when you have time let me know about helping F. Biral viz. [namely] how much to lend him.

With Kindest regards, | Sincerely, | E.B. Poulton [signature]

1
Margoliouth, David Samuel. (1858-1940). British professor and orientalist.

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Enclosure (WCP1403.1455)

[1]

88 Woodstock R[oa]d

Oxford

Dec[ember].19.1903

Dear Dr. Poulton1

Pardon my delay in answering your letter: I was away when it arrived, and have been [MS illeg] since my return.

The suggestion that the Wak—Wak a Wak islands derive their name from the [MS illeg.] of the [MS illeg.] of Para Dia and therefore are [MS illeg.] identified with islands in the neighbourhood of New Guinea in the <format?> in Burton's2 translation B[MS illeg.] 1885 vol[ume] viii. p[age]. 60. Burton [MS illeg.] a private communication from Col[onel]. J.W. W[MS illeg.]3 of Bombay: and also W.F. [MS illeg.]4 New Arabian [2] Nights' [MS illeg.]. Swan Sonnenschein5 Before [MS illeg.] ix: a There is no doubt that by the island of Wak—Wak the Ara Island near New Guinea are [MS illeg.] for the wonderful fruits which grow there are [3 words illeg.], which [MS illeg.] in [4 words illeg.] at sunrise, in this very [MS illeg.]!

I have no doubt however that a communication from you <distinguishing?> [MS illeg.] deal will be welcome to their [MS illeg.].

Yours truly | D.S.Margoliouth6 [signature]

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall. (1856-1943). British evolutionary biologist.
2
Burton, Sir Richard Francis. (1821-1890). English geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, liguist, poet, Egyptologist, fencer, and diplomat. He translated The Arabian Nights.
3
No biographical information available.
4
Kirby, William Forsell. (11844-1912). English entomologist and folklorist.
5
Swan Sonnenschein. German publishing company.
6
Margoliouth, David Samuel. (1858-1940). British professor and orientalist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP1403.1455)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

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Transcribed by Clark, Andrew David [2014-08-01]

Please cite as “WCP1403,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1403