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WCP2420

Letter (WCP2420.2310)

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29. DELAMERE TERRACE.

WESTBOURNE SQUARE. W.

20. 1. 90.

Dear Sir

I have great pleasure, on behalf of the "Century Magazine" in giving you the desired permission to reprint "The Debt of Science to Darwin"1 in your new volume of Essays.2

Believe me | yours very truly | Edmund Gosse3 [signature]

Alfred R. Wallace Esq.

1
Wallace, A. R. 1883. The debt of science to Darwin. Century Magazine 25 (3 January): 420-432.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1891. Natural selection and tropical nature: Essays on descriptive and theoretical biology. London: Macmillan.
3
Gosse, Edmund William (1849-1928). British poet, author and critic; the son of Philip Henry Gosse.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2420.2310)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Dyke, Toby [2015-05-01] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-05-01] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2420,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2420