WCP225

Letter (WCP225.225)

[1]1

Parkstone. Dorset

Feb[ruar]y. 10th. 1892

My dear Violet

I send you a few beetles — I can find nothing else but butterflies, and no store boxes of any kind. They must be locked up in Will’s2 cupboard. I send also a couple of moths in small box,- one English, one Swiss. The beetles all Malay.

Tell Madame the question is not whether she likes my article [2] but whether it is true. Likes & dislikes don’t alter facts of Nature. We have to take them and make the best of them, and it is quite certain they are the best.

Mrs. Besant is going to lecture at Poole & Bournemouth next week. I do not [3] expect I shall be able to go though I am much better.

Your dress not come yet.

Your affectionate Papa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Text reads "N[atural]. History" in pencil at the top left of page 1
2
ARW’s son, William Greenell Wallace (1871-1951)

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP225.225)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bradbury, Alexandra [2011-07-08] Transcription checked by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2012-05-10] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Johnston, Rebekah [2020-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP225,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP225