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WCP2036

Letter (WCP2036.1926)

[1]

Monica Cottage

Hunstanton

Norfolk.

May 5. 1880.

Dear Mr. Wallace —

I herewith return your proofs,1 and can heartily endorse all you advocate. I remember talking with Ramsay2 about old lands in 1878 and he remarked that he had never seen a rock in Europe or America that did not show proofs of the vicinity of land.

A. R. Wallace, Esqr

[2] I have written out a few notes, some original, some not. On the proof I have taken the liberty to correct a few litterals which you have probably already noticed. These are in pencil. I ventured to put C for chalk when it is the Chalk and have left it chalk when it is merely that substance. Also I have put Cretaceous where the term is geological & not lithological, as when [3] it refers to America.

If my notes are of any use I shall be very pleased, as indeed I shall always be if I can be of any service to you —

Yours ever truly | Sydney B. J. Skertchly3 [signature]

1
Later published as, Wallace, A. R. 1880. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan & Co.
2
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie (1814-1891). British geologist.
3
Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah (1850-1926). British naturalist with interests in geology, ethnography, and historical anthropology.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2036.1926)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2015-05-07] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-07] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2025-03-03]

Please cite as “WCP2036,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2036