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WCP2503

Letter (WCP2503.2393)

[1]1

TELEPHONE

9208-9 GERRAND.

SAVILE CLUB,

107, PICCADILLIY. W.

2 April. 1912.

Sir,

The British Ornithologists' Union recently celebrated its Jubilee by sending a scientific expedition to Dutch New Guinea, and the Committee of the expedition fund invited me to write the official account of the expedition, of which I was a member. The account is now very nearly finished and will shortly be published as a book2 by Mssrs Smith. Elder & Co.

My reason for writing now to you is [2] to ask you if you will do me the honour of allowing me to inscribe this book to you as an Honorary Member of the B. O. U. and as the pioneer of all the naturalists in New Guinea, to whom we all owe so great a debt.

Hoping you will be so kind as to agree to my suggestion[.]

I remain | Yours very truly | Alexander F. R. Wollaston3 [signature].

1

In ARW’s handwriting, “Accepted”. See WCP6878.7974.

https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6878

2
Wollaston, A. F. R. et al. 1912. Pygmies and Papuans: the stone age today in Dutch New Guinea. London: Smith, Elder and Co.
3
Wollaston, Alexander Frederick Richmond ("Sandy") (1875-1930). British medical doctor, traveller and natural historian.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2503.2393)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-03-18] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-18] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2503,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2503