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WCP2752

Postcard (WCP2752.2642)

[1]

Bruxelles, 27, rue du Lac

5.V.96

My dear Sir,

I have just read your very interesting article in the May number of the "Contemporary Review",1 and will incessantly answer you on the subject, when I read again and ponder over your essay. But I can tell you already that your plan is certainly more practical and cheaper than mine. Still I stick to my own and I tell you why in my next letter.2

Believe me, Yours very sincerely, | Elisée Reclus3 [signature]

[2] [Front of the postcard]

Alfred R. Wallace Esq.

Corfe View

Parkstone

Dorset

England

1
Wallace, A. R. 1896. The proposed gigantic model of the earth. Contemporary Review 69 (May): 730-740.
3
Reclus, Jacques Élisée (1830-1905). Also known as Jean-Jacques-Élisée Reclus. French geographer and anarchist. Awarded the gold medal of the Paris Geographical Society in 1892 for La Nouvelle Géographie Universelle.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP2752.2642)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Congerton, John [2018-11-27] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2018-11-27] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2752,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2752