Ɛpsilon

WCP178

Letter (WCP178.178)

[1]

Broadstone, Dorset.

June 25th. 1903

My dear Will1

I send you now 4 more chapters — there are 4 more to finish which I hope to send you next Tuesday. Your notes to the others were just such as I wanted. I adopted almost all of them. One was a "quotation" & could not be altered. I send you a letter from Hicks.2

It is a great relief to have the book finished, and if I can judge, it will be one to sell well; as the argument [2] is much stronger than in the paper, and I have been surprised myself to find how much more good evidence than I thought there was.

I can write no more now. The wood & garden looks nice now.

I have to go to meet Mrs. Fisher,3 & take this to the post.

Your affectionate Pa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.
2

Hicks, J. W. has not been identified. See letter WCP6512.

https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6512

3
Fisher (née Buckley), Arabella Burton (1840-1929). British writer, science educator and spiritualist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP178.178)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bradbury, Alexandra [2011-07-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Lo, Yen [2020-12-03] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP178,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP178