WCP1692

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Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Dorset,

Oct^r. 4th. 1912

J. M. Dent¹ & Sons

Dear Sir

I return² the Editor’s proof^3,4 corrected with suggestions.

The final par. may I think be omitted altogether. Lower down I have cut out 3 lines as the sentence is involved. Then, at foot in place of the two [2] pars. he proposes to omit, I send a condensed par. in MSS. less than half the length.

I think it would be well to permit the last sentence or the whole of the last par. in sm. caps or heavy type, so as to bring out clearly my final conclusion.

I should like to have a revise (in duplicate) [3] as set up in pages.

yours truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

P.S. It is really too complex and difficult a subject to be properly treated in so limited a space, A.R.W.