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WCP2641

Letter (WCP2641.2531)

[1]

To Alfred Russel Wallace Esqr

Godalming London.

Your excellent work on "Land Nationalisation"1 – has awakened the ardent desire in my mind to make it — if possible accessible to the German and Hungarian population of this my present home and fatherland, by requesting you to give me the permission to translate it into the German and Hungarian language.

I beg to inform you Sir, 'that I am a poor language master in this town and since 25 years Lecturer of the English language in the university here — having a large family to provide for and very limited means you will dear Sir' by giving your permission for my translating your noble book — as good both to the population of this country as to the thankful family of

Your most humble servant | James Egan2 [signature]

Budapest 1883 April 14th

No 25 Bodzafa Street

1
. Wallace, A. R. 1882. Land nationalisation; its necessity and its aims; being a comparison of the system of landlord and tenant with that of occupying ownership in their influence on the well-being of the people. London: Trübner & Co.
2
Egan, James (-). Professor of English at Budapest University.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2641.2531)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-22] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-01-22] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2641,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2641