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WCP2399

Letter (WCP2399.2289)

[1]1

THE OWENS COLLEGE,

MANCHESTER.

June 26. 79.

A. R. Wallace Esq.

Dear Sir,

The Committee of the ‘Manchester Science Lectures for the People’ will feel much gratified if you can give them a Lecture in the coming autumn or winter on the subject of on the Distribution of Animals, or any other branch of zoology [2] which you may choose as illustration of your own researches.

I can promise you an attentive audience & shall be be happy if you will be my guest during your stay. The terms we offer are ten guineas & travelling expenses [2 words illeg.] with five pounds as [3] payment for copyright of of the lecture which is printed2 & sold [illeg.]d. I send you two of my lectures for this year. No less than 10,000 of many are sold.

If you can give us an account of the Malay Archipelago I think the Manchester people would be much pleased. Any day in November (or even October) or December [4] would be acceptable.

I am yours truly | H. E. Roscoe3 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Accepted”. The letter has not been found.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1880. Islands, as illustrating the laws of the geographical distribution of animals. In: Science Lectures for the People. Eleventh Series (Manchester and London), No.1: 1-18.
3
Roscoe, Henry Enfield (1833-1915). British chemist.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2399.2289)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sherwood, Danni [2020-06-09] Transcription checked by Lo, Yen [2020-10-30] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2399,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2399