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WCP2332

Letter (WCP2332.2222)

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BRITISH MUSEUM

20.5.76

My dear Wallace

Yesterday I was surprised by the arrival of your 'Geographical Distribution of Animals',1 for which my very best thanks.

The first impression I had was that of astonishment as the extent of the work, the record at the mass of information contained in it, and at [2] the admirable arrangement of the contents. Of course its study will require a long time, & you may rely upon it that, as I shall frequently have to refer to it, I shall mark for your future use, where more recent investigations shall be obliged.

At present, I am writing a paper on deep sea Fishes.2

I have been asked by a Traveller to recommend him a glossary of zoological Ferns. If you should happen to know of one will you kindly drop me a line.

Yours very truly | A. Günther3 [signature]

1
Wallace, A. R. 1876. The geographical distribution of animals; with a study of the relations of living and extinct faunas as elucidating the past changes of the Earth's surface. Two volumes. London: Macmillan & Co.
2
Günther, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf). 1878. Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of the H. M.S. "Challenger". Annals and magazine of natural history, vol. 2 (5), pp. 179-187.
3
Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf (formerly Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf) (1830-1914). German-born British zoologist. Keeper of the Zoology department, British Museum 1875-95.

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Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-14] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-14] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2332,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2332