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WCP2511

Letter (WCP2511.2401)

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ILLINOUS AUDUDON SOCIETY

FOR THE PROTECTION OF WILD BIRDS

RUTHVEN DEANE, PRESIDENT

112 WEST ADAMS STREET

CHICAGO ILL.

Oct. 14. '12.

Prof. Alfred R. Wallace

Dorset, England.

My dear Sir

I have many of your books and have always been an ardent admirer of them, and never tire re-reading them. I spend much time in extra illustrating many of my books, and inserting an autograph letter of the author and often times a likeness. Would it be asking too much to send me a short letter which I could insert in my 1878 [2] Edition of "Tropical Nature"2? I would appreciate it highly. I have just had sent to me a likeness of yourself, an excellent picture I should judge, which appeared in "Nature"3 for June 13. ‘12. This I shall insert in this copy, and with an autograph letter it would be perfect. Do you [illeg.] a bookplate in your library? I have an interesting collection of some 2800.

Trusting you will understand the liberty I take in making this request, I am

Very sincerely yours | Ruthven Deane.4 [signature]

Fellow Am. Ornithologists Union.

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd”. The letter has not been found.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1878. Tropical nature, and other essays. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
3
Osborn, Henry Fairfield. 1912. Scientific worthies. XXXVIII.— Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, D. C. L., O.M., F.R.S. Nature 89 (13 June): 367-370.
4
Deane, Ruthven (1851-1934). American ornithologist. President of the Illinois Audubon Society.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2511.2401)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hamburger, Esther [2015-03-11] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-11] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2511,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2511