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WCP1690

Letter (WCP1690.1571)

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Broadstone, Wimborne

Novr. 4th. 1904

R. H. Chandler1 Esq.

Dear Sir

I do not know any book [illeg.] of the subject you name as a whole, though there are references to parts of it to most works on the Races of Man. I have touched on it in my "Studies Scientific & Social"2 vol. I, chap. XIX. XX. & XXI. Also in two Chapters on the Antiquity of Man is my "Tropical Nature".3 The immense & unknown antiquity of man in most parts of the world renders it impossible to trace [2] his early migrations & variations.

yours very truly | Alfred R Wallace [signature]

1
Chandler has not been identified.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1900. Studies scientific and social. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd. And New York: The Macmillan Co. Two volumes.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1895. Natural selection and tropical nature: Essays on descriptive and theoretical biology. London: Macmillan.

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Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-01]

Please cite as “WCP1690,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1690