WCP1455

Transcription (WCP1455.1234)

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To T.H. Huxley.) 9 , St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park. N.W.

Nov. 22nd. 1866

Dear Huxley

I have been writing a little on a new branch of Anthropology, & as I have taken your name in vain on the title page I send you a copy.1 I fear you will be much shocked but I can't help it; and before finally deciding that we are all mad I hope you will come and see some very curious phenomena which we can show you, among fr friends only. We meet Friday evening, & hope you will come sometimes, as we wish for the fullest investigation, and shall be only too grateful to you or any one else who will show us how and where (when?) we are deceived.

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ARW enclosed a copy of his recently published spiritualist pamphlet, The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural: Indicating the Desirableness of an Experimental Enquiry by Men of Science into the Alleged Powers of Clairvoyants and Mediums. London: F. Farrah. On the title page of the pamphlet ARW quotes Huxley's letter to the editor from the Spectator, 10 Feb 1866, p.14.

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Transcription (WCP1455.4323)

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To T.H. Huxley Esq.

9 , St. Mark's Crescent,

Regent's Park. N.W.

Nov[ember]. 22nd. 1866

Dear Huxley

I have been writing a little on a new branch of Anthropology, & and I have taken your name in vain on the title page I send you a copy. I fear you will be much shock but I can't help it; and before finally deciding that we are all mad I hope you will come and see some very curious phenomena which we can show you, I fear you will be much shock but I can't help it; and before finally deciding that we are all mad I hope you will come and see some very curious phenomena which we can show you, among fr friends only. We meet Friday evening, & hope you will come sometimes, as we wish for the fullest investigation, and shall be only too grateful to you or any one also who will show us how and where (when ?) we are deceived.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP1455.4323)]

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Transcribed by Awolesi, Monilola Omotola [2014-09-02] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-09-02] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Published letter (WCP1455.6597)

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9 St. Mark's Crescent, Regent's Park, N.W. November 22, 1866.

Dear Huxley, I have been writing a little on a new branch of Anthropology, and as I have taken your name in vain on the title-page I send you a copy. I fear you will be much shocked, but I can't help it; and before finally deciding that we are all mad I hope you will come and see some very curious phenomena which we can show you, among friends only. We meet every Friday evening, and hope you will come sometimes, as we wish for the fullest investigation, and shall be only too grateful to you or anyone else who will show us how and where we are deceived.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP1455.6597)]

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

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Transcribed by Paterson, Gavin [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP1455,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1455