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WCP2006

Letter (WCP2006.1896)

[1]1

13, MADINGLEY ROAD,

CAMBRIDGE.

[1909]2

Dear Mr Wallace

I am sending you a book containing my father's3 evolutionary essays of 1842 & 18444 which I hope will interest you.

There was a wonderful gathering of foreigners here, and [2] the whole affair was I think a brilliant success.

We all regretted your absence, but I think you were wise not to come; I think you would have been worn out by the crowd who would have wished to be [3] introduced to you[.]

Yours vy truly | Francis Darwin5 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd”
2
Later annotation by unknown hand.
3
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
4
Darwin, Francis ed. 1909. The foundations of The origin of species. Two essays written in 1842 and 1844. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5
Darwin, Francis ("Frank") (1848-1925). British botanist; 3rd son of Charles Robert and Emma Darwin.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2006.1896)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Mcauley, Fiona Marguerite [2014-08-04] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-08-04] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP2006,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2006