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WCP2477

Letter (WCP2477.2367)

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Telegraph & Rail,

Shoreham, Kent.

L. C. & D. RLY.

DARENT-HULME,

SHOREHAM,

SEVENOAKS.

16 Novr. 93

Dear Mr. Wallace,

I see you are engaged upon that ever-interesting subject The Glacial phenomena1 — At least upon that phase of it which treats of the Erratic blocks. You are probably aquainted with the recent researches [2] of the Danish Geologists in Greenland which give a much higher conception of the power & rapidity of ice work than did the the earlier researches in the Alps.

In case you have not seen this report I send you a copy of one of my papers2 which will give you a clue [3] to the subject. You will find it at p. 11 of the paper. The object of the paper otherwise is mainly that of glacial time as regards the antiquity of Man & I am

Very truly yours | Joseph Prestwich3 [signature]

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1
Wallace, A. R. 1893. The ice age and its work, I. Erratic blocks and ice-sheets. Fortnightly Review 54 (323): 616-633.
2
Prestwich, Joseph. 1887. Considerations on the date, duration, and conditions of the Glacial Period, with reference to the Antiquity of Man. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, vol 43, pp. 393-410.
3
Prestwich, Joseph (1812-1896). British geologist and businessman.
4
In ARW’s handwriting, “Jos Prestwich”.

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

Please cite as “WCP2477,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2477