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WCP2790

Letter (WCP2790.2680)

[1]1

ST JOHN'S COLLEGE

CAMBRIDGE.

Nov. 23. 1899

Dear Sir,

Dr Guillemard2 has sent me your letter3 in which you expressed the wish to use one of my Tongan photographs to illustrate a volume of your papers. It affords me great pleasure to place it at your disposal.

[2] I have written to the photographer who has my negatives to print a copy of this one, and if this is not satisfactory I shall be pleased to have the negative sent to you.

You may be interested to learn that the ‘sisi’ [3] which the man wears round his neck is made of strips of Hibiscus bark, and ferns which grow on the volcanic island of Eua, and not on the raised coral islands which constitute the greater part of the rest of the group.

Believe me | yours very faithfully | J. J. Lister4 [signature]

Dr A. R. Wallace F.R.S.

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Thanked". The letter has not been found.
2
Guillemard, Francis Henry Hill (1852-1933). First reader of geography at Cambridge University, a traveller, writer and naturalist.
3
The letter has not been found.
4
Lister, Joseph Jackson (1857-1927). British zoologist and plant collector. Senior Lecturer in Animal Morphology (1892).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2790.2680)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-09] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2790,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2790