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WCP2387

Letter (WCP2387.2277)

[1]1

22, Avenue Trudaine

Paris,

Jany. 28th / 79

Sir

Though I have not the honour of being personally known by you I presume writing for asking you the authorization to translate into French2 your excellent work "Tropical Nature."3 I may add, as to my qualification that I have translated lately most of M. Darwin's4 works; Sir John Lubbock's5 "Prehistoric Times"6 and "Origin of Civilisation"7; M. Tylor's8 "Primitive Culture"9; M. J. Evans,10 "Stone Ages".11

I hope, should you grant me your authorization, the work would be published in the issue of the present year.

An early reply will oblige

Your’s truly | E Barbier12 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Ansd”. The letter has not been found.
2
Edmond’s translation has not been found.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1878. Tropical nature, and other essays. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
4
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).
5
Lubbock, John (1834-1913). First Baron Avebury. British archaeologist, politician, philanthropist and polymath.
6
. Lubbock, John. 1867. L'homme avant l'histoire : étudié d'après les monuments et les costumes retrouvés dans les differénts pays de l'Europe suivi d'une description comparée des moeurs des sauvages modernes. Traduit de l'anglais par Ed. Barbier. Librairie Germer-Baillière, Paris.
7
Lubbock, John. 1873. Les origines de la civilisation, état primitif de l'homme, et moeurs des sauvages modernes de l'anglais. Traduit par Ed. Barbier. Librairie Germer-Baillière, Paris.
8
Tylor, Edward Burnett (1832-1917). British anthropologist and the founder of cultural anthropology.
9
Tylor, Edward B. 1876-78. La civiisation primitive. Traduit de l'anglais par Ed. Barbier. C. Reinwald et ce., Paris.
10
Evans, John (1823-1908). British archaeologist and geologist.
11
Evans, John. 1878. Les Ages de la Pierre. Instruments, Armes et Ornements de la Grande-Bretagne. Traduit de l'anglais par Ed. Barbier. Librarie Germer-Baillière, Paris.
12
Barbier, Edmond (1834-1880). French author and translator.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2387.2277)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2387,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2387