WCP145

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Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne

March 18th, 1909

My dear Will¹

From your last Report, & what you said to Violet² I was rather disturbed as to your larynx complication, so I wrote to my good and experienced friend Dr. A. Wallace³ of Harley Street, stating the main circumstances of your case and asking him whether he knew any really good mediumistic healers [2] who would be likely to give trustworthy diagnosis & advice as to treatment. This was because I have a very great horror & distrust of surgical operations in such cases. I enclose you his reply, which you can keep till you come home. He⁴has now studied spiritualism for many years.

I hope you will take advantage of his kind offer in both ways if the latter should be absolutely necessary which [3] I trust not. At all events it cannot harm you to have the advice of a medium first. Dr. Wallace is a most kind & sympathetic man, and one whom I am sure you will like, & who will do all he can to help us all, and be glad to do it.

I am in the midst of a grand clear up of books, tracts, papers, &c. preparatory to work at my new book. I have got new shelves put up in the study, and am trying to get all the books & papers so arranged that [4] I can have all I am likely to want to refer to near my desk. I have got from the Stores, 6 dozen of Stone’s Universal Portfolios ^{(two sizes)} to arrange the pamphlets in— just the kind of thing I wanted, as the book-boxes are so very expensive.

When I have got them all properly sorted I think you can letter the backs for me— so I will put slips of paper into each with what I want— temporarily. I have already found some things I have lost for more than a year, and many interesting books & articles I shall have to read through. I enclose⁵ cutting of a rather old nigger story, rather better told than usual, which makes me laugh every time I read it, especially the last 3 lines!

Your affectionate Pa | A. R. Wallace [signature]