WCP1809

Letter (WCP1809.1698)

[1]

9. St. Mark’s Crescent

Regent’s Park, N.W

April 11th.

My dear Sir

I am glad to hear you are coming to town, & shall be glad to do what I can for you, — but I have at present no means of seeing good manifestations myself, & have never yet seen, what I desire to see as much as you do, formation of hands &c. in a private house. I do not know Home1 but [2] hope soon to have an opportunity of meeting him. I find the voice one of the most remarkable & interesting manifestations, & that can be heard both at Mrs. Marshalls2 [sic] and at some private circles.

I hope you have at length overcome the [3] painful influence to which you were liable when I saw you.

The "Dialectical" Society3 are now investigating the facts of Spiritualism & have obtained some curious results.

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

Possibly referring to Daniel Dunglas Home (1833-1886), Scottish physical medium.
Mary Marshall (d.1875), English medium.
The London Dialectical Society was established in 1867 to investigate the phenomena of spiritualism.

Please cite as “WCP1809,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP1809