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WCP2512

Letter (WCP2512.2402)

[1]1

College of Agriculture

Tokyo Imp. University

Tokyo, Japan.

27th of Oct. 1912

Dear Sir: —

I send you herewith the promised roots of some of our Alpine Primula which I hope will reach you in healthy condition and will please you.

The enclosed are the seed-cups of a species of Primula I obtained in the garden of my friend in Aomori — a town on this side of the Tsugaru strait. The sp. [2] is found in Yezo, and on some high mountains of the main Island.

May I ask you for the permission of the translation2 of your book — the Worlds of Life3 you wrote me in your last letter?

Very respectfully yours | C. Ishikawa4 [signature]

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Answd – Dec. 3rd — sent copy of ‘Man's Place in the Universe’”.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1913. [The World of Life] 生物の世界. Edited by the Greater Japan Civilization Association. 東京: 大日本文明協會大正.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1910. The world of life: a manifestation of creative power, directive mind and ultimate purpose. London: Chapman & Hall.
4
Ishikawa, Chiyomatsu (1861-1935). Japanese biologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2512.2402)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

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]

Enclosure (WCP2512.5354)

[1]

[Postcard of Yoroishima, Japan]1

This is a photo of a lake on the top of the mountain in the North of the main island, whereabout the P. cuneifolia grows.

[2]2,3

1
The postcard was enclosed in Ishikawa’s letter to ARW on 27 October 1912.
2
In ARW’s handwriting, “Dr. C. Ishikawa”.
3
Ishikawa, Chiyomatsu (1861-1935). Japanese biologist, zoologist, evolutionary theorist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP2512.5354)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2019-02-21] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2512,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2512