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[1]¹

30 Cumberland Road

Kew

8th June 1911

Dear Mr Wallace,

To the new edition of the book, of which I now beg your acceptance of a copy, I have prefixed as that introduction, in which I have endeavoured to carry out the suggest you made to me, many [2] years ago, of trying to correct the misconception of many geologists concerning Lyell's teachings. Lyell's² doctrines, to which Whewell³ gave the cumbrous and not very happy term "Uniformitarianism" [I prefer Grove's "Continuity" myself] was not so narrow and inelastic as they supposed. But he asked for proof, where they make assumption.

[3] The portrait, his [1 word illeg.] to be published, is the earliest one known and though taken from a very faded photograph is I hope fairly satisfactory.

It gives me the idea of a duefuly thoughtful man and not merely of a very handsome one — like the Richmond and other engravings.

Hoping that you are [4] still keeping well, and with very kind remembrance,

Yours very faithfully | [signature] John W Judd⁴