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WCP2342

Letter (WCP2342.2232)

[1]

October 4th 1876

My dear Wallace

I have just returned to London and send a line of thanks for your two grand volumes on Geographical Distribution1 —

Nothing can be more opportune [2] than such a work as you have given us —

I was in Edinburgh all the summer and then went off to the United States whence I have just returned, after a very pleasant and instructive visit –

[3]

Ever Yours very faithfully | T. H. Huxley.2 [signature]

A R Wallace Esq.

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
Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-1895). British biologist and author, known as "Darwin's Bulldog".

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP2342.2232)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2014-04-07] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2020-03-19] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2342,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2342