Ɛpsilon

WCP2190

Postcard (WCP2190.2080)

[1]

[2-3 July 1886]1

Tuesday by all means. The most striking case of variation I recollect to have noticed is that of the presence & absence of the ligamenture torn as indicated by the part for it in the thigh base of the [illeg.] see Trans Zool. Soc 1866. My article a sketch of [illeg.]. A good collection of muscular [illeg.] has been given by John Ward2 F. R. S. of 61 Wimpole St. If you drop him a line he will give you references or I will write to him for you. I have been awfully busy here.

Yrs vy ty | StGM3 [signature]

[2]

4[Postmarked] LONDON 3 JY 6 86 4

Alfred Wallace Esq.

Nutwood Cottage

Frith Hill

Godalming

1
Date is derived from the postmark on the postcard.
2
Ward has not been identified.
3
Mivart, St. George Jackson (1827-1900). British physician, zoologist and Roman Catholic polemicist.
4
Three lines in left margin in ARW’s handwriting, “John Ward F.R.S. 61, Wimpole Street Cases of variation of muscles.”

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP2190.2080)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2190,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2190