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WCP1763

Letter (WCP1763.1648)

[1]

Frith Hill, Godalming.

Septr. 24th. 1887.

Dear Mr. Geddes1

I have only recently returned from a ten months tour in America2— lecturing & looking about— and find your letter of April last & papers among scores of others— not only have I not forgotten the very interesting talk I had with you I have mentioned your name & recommended the perusal of Enc. Brit.3 articles to several naturalists in America. Your papers are very interesting & suggestive & make me wish to read your fuller articles. If [2] you should haveing any spare copies if may of your Enc. Britt articles (wh. I fear is not likely) I should greatly value them.

I met Prof. Brookes4 at Baltimore who is working also at problems of variation & sex, as you know.

Believe me | yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Patrick Geddes Esq.

1
. Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932). British biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner.
2
ARW’s North American lecture tour spanned from October 1886 to August 1887.
3
Encyclopaedia Britannica.
4

Brooks, William Keith (1848–1908). Head of the biology

department at Johns Hopkins University. 1883 he had permanently settled in Baltimore. (Smith, 2013)

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP1763.1648)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Moscoso, Alessa [2013-07-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-08] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP1763,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1763