WCP248

Letter (WCP248.248)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

March 20th. 1894

My dear Violet1

I enclose cheque for £5.0.0. — also some Zoo tickets, which if you do not use you can leave with Miss Macdonald. I should think you might go by the night train in a ladies compartment which there is sure to be, — that is if it allows you to return by a convenient train. We have no idea when your regular holidays are — I suppose about [the] end of April.

[2] My Cambridge trip turned out all right except that I got a bit of asthma owing to cold damp air, & here it has turned to bronchitis which I am now nursing. I staid[sic] with Mr. & Mrs. Myers2,3 who are very nice, with two nice children at home & one at school. Mrs. Myers is sister to Mrs. Stanley. She is a magnificent photographer & does grand pictures of her children & all sorts of people, Gladstone &c...We had great Spiritualistic talks, & Prof. [&] Mrs Sidgwick4,5 & some others came to dinner on [3] Tuesday. I gave them a copy of "Merrie England" to read & give away so as to "spread the light".

Auntie Rose6 drinks stout & seems to be getting quite strong again. Daffodils were brought round here just a month ago from Lytchett, but we have not managed to go to see them yet.

Am very busy — so adieu!

Your affectionate Pa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

over

[4] P.S. On Wednesday April 4th there is to be a discussion on Socialism & Henry Georgison[?] at the Rotunda Lecture Hall, between two Single Taxers and two Fabians7. It will no doubt be worth hearing. Reserve seats 6d rest free.

A.R.W.

1
Wallace, Violet Isabel (1869-1945). Daughter of ARW; teacher.
2
Myers, Frederic William Henry (1843-1901). British poet, classicist, philologist, and founder of the Society of Psychical Research.
3
Myers (née Tennant), Eveleen (1856-1937). Photographer. Wife of Frederick William Henry Myers.
4
Sidgwick, Henry (1838 - 1900). Philosopher and author; professor at University of Cambridge.
5
Sidgwick (née Balfour), Eleanor Mildred (1845 - 1936). Psychical researcher; principal of Newnham College of the University of Cambridge; wife of Henry Sidgewick.
6
Mitten, Rose Elizabeth (c. 1848- ). Daughter of William Mitten; Sister-in-law of ARW.
7
Fabian Society, was founded in 1884 in London, with the goal of establishing a democratic socialist state in Great Britain.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP248.248)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Knott, Peter [2012-02-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Siewert, Betsy [2020-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP248,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 30 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP248