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WCP2234

Letter (WCP2234.2124)

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39, Paternoster Row, London, E. C.

Decr 16 1869

My dear Sir,

The Proprietors of the Journal of Science have much pleasure in giving their consent to your republishing your article1in that Journal, which appeared in Oct. 1867, in your forthcoming volume of Essays,2 provided you [2] acknowledge the source from which it is taken. I presume you have already arranged with a Publisher.

I read your Travels3 with intense interest & never cease telling people to get it. I think it the [3] best book of Travels that has appeared for a long time. I have always worked at Natural History & Insects were my special study. I should greatly like to see your collections some day & especially I want to look at the magnificent [4] Ornithoptera[.]

Believe me | Yours truly | Wm Longman4 [signature]

Alfred Wallace Esq

1
Wallace, A. R. 1867. Creation by Law. Quarterly Journal of Science. 4: 471-488.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1870. Creation by Law. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. London: Macmillan & Co.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1869. The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London: Macmillan and Co.
4
Longman, William (1813-1877). British publisher, third son of Thomas Norton Longman III.

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Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-03] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-09-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2234,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2234