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WCP2360

Letter (WCP2360.2250)

[1]1

DE MONTFORT STREET,

LEICESTER

25/4/78

Dear Mr Wallace,

Thank you for the "Tropical Nature."2 I hope my boys will learn to like your books. The love of nature is a perfectly redeeming love. When wedded to a love of truth, heaven is won.

Heartily yours | J Page Hopps3 [signature]

1

Printed letterhead reads,

""THE TRUTHSEEKER", a free and unsectarian Review of books, events, and principles relating to the development of religious life and liberty in the Christian Church, edited by the REV. JOHN PAGE HOPPS, is published monthly, price Threepence.

LONDON: WILLIAMS & NORGATE, 14 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

LEICESTER: J. & T. SPENCER, 20 MARKET PLACE:

or by post, from the editor or publisher, for 3s. 6d. a year; two copies, 6s a year.".

2
Wallace, A. R. 1878. Tropical nature, and other essays. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
3
Hopps, John Page (1834-1911). Unitarian minister. Editor of “The Truthseeker”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2360.2250)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-17] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-17] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2360,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2360