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WCP2518

Postcard (WCP2518.2408)

[1]1

Dr. A. R. Wallace DCL FRS

Broadstone

Dorset

[2]

St Helens Cottage

St Helens,

Isle of Wight.

Apr. 3. 1913.

I have just received a letter from Meldola2 telling me of a wonderful American anticipation of natural selection & other important discoveries. Have you another copy to spare? I should very much like to read it. It would be very appropriate if you would write an article for Bedrock3 on it, to appear in the July number. I can easily arrange this if you can manage it.

Kindest regards | E. B. Poulton.4[signature]

1
This is a postcard.
2
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
3

See Dagg, 2014. Hoax anticipation of Darwinism and germ theory of disease (Sleeper 1849/1913).

<https://historiesofecology.blogspot.com/2014/10/hoax-anticipation-of-darwinism-and-germ.html>

4
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British Entomologist.

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Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP2518.2408)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [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 “WCP2518,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2518