WCP1520

Letter (WCP1520.1299)

[1]1

Observatory,

Cambridge.

14 Jan[uary] [18]96

My dear Mr Wallace,

I cannot tell you how much pleased I was by your letter on the [2 words illeg.] in "Nature" last week. The illustrations it gave seemed most admirable and just to the point I had felt that Cubewells[?] notions were quite unusual as I tried to explain in my letter on the same paper but your explanation was [2] [1 word illeg.] better than mine giving as it did such very apt instances.

Believe me to be | Yours truly | Robert Ball [signature]

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Written in an unidentified hand in the top left of the page is 'Answ[ere]d.'.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1520.1299)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hijikata, Shori [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-29] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP1520,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1520