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WCP1511

Letter (WCP1511.1290)

[1]

Aug 24/80

Dear Mr Wallace

There is no one from whom I should appreciate the dedication of such a book1,2 as your’s more happily than from you – & you have enhanced the compliments greatly by the flattering way in which you have alluded to my work.

Vy [illeg.] yrs | J. D. Hooker.2 [signature]

1
ARW dedicated “Island Life” to Hooker.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1880. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan & Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1511.1290)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Kowal, Emma [2012-08-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1511,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1511