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WCP2412

Letter (WCP2412.2302)

[1]

BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY),

CROMWELL ROAD,

LONDON: S. W.

July 8th 1889

Dear Wallace

There will be a great deal of talk at the meeting of the British Association at Newcastle (Sep. 11th) about natural selection &c. Romanes1 & others are going to read papers & it is very much hoped that you may be present.

[2] I have just read your book2 with the greatest interest & pleasure.

Why do you not come and see what we are doing here & convince yourself that [2 words illeg] "Darwinism" is not altogether excluded from the national natural history museum?

Yours very truly | W. H. Flower.3 [signature]

1
Romanes, George John (1848-1894). Canadian-born British evolutionary biologist and physiologist.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
3
Flower, William Henry (1831-1899). British comparative anatomist and surgeon and a leading authority on mammals, and especially on the primate brain.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2412.2302)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lester, Ahren [2014-07-03] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2412,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2412