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"NEW YORK WORLD,"

TELEGRAPH PROMULGATE LONDON/

TELEPHONE 211 KENSINGTON.

23, WARWICK GARDENS,

KENSINGTON, W.

24th Decr. '07

Dear Sir,

The Editor of the World would feel greatly obliged if you would consent to say for publication in 100 to 200 words, what you consider the most important and valuable development in Science during the year 1907.²

I feel very much, intruding on you at this time with such a request, but I hope you will overlook the offence in consideration of the fact that newspapers know no holidays.

I shall be very gallad to give an honorarium of ten guineas for this opinion, which I should like to have for cable on Friday.

Again apologising and trusting you may see your way to comply,

Yours faithfully | J M Tuohy [signature]

Dr. Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace

Old Orchard

Broadstone

Wimborne