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WCP2333

Letter (WCP2333.2223)

[1]

24 May 1876

My dear Wallace

I am extremely obliged for the to you for the copy of your most valuable and interesting book1 which I received a few days ago.

I was not aware it was so near publication and had long felt the need for the information it gives.

I shall take advantage of its existence to modify in same measure my Physical Geography books2 and I think it mist be a standard authority very soon as there is so [2] far as I know no account of the subject it treats of in any language.

Always yours truly | D. T. Ansted3 [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. London: Macmillan & Co.
2
Ansted, D. T. 1867. Physical geography. Second edition. Philadelphia: Lippincott.
3
Ansted, David Thomas (1814-1880). British geologist and author.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2333.2223)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-04] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-04] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2333,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2333