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WCP2796

Letter (WCP2796.2686)

[1]1

Chapel Allerton

Leeds

18.1.00

My dear Sir,

I fear you will have almost despaired of hearing from me, but I have not been unmindful of my promise. I went to my friend Mr. Godfrey Bingley2 & secured his cooperation & then Influenza intervened for about 3 weeks. I have been away for another 3 weeks at Whitby, which has restored me to my normal condition.

[2] I now enclose 9 prints kindly prepared for you by Mr. Bingley.

I have pencilled on the back of some a few supplementary remarks & trust that you will find them sufficiently explicit for your purpose.

The photograph of the glacial stride at Shap is not as striking an illustration as I should desire so I have hunted out a negative which I took at Barmouth 5 years ago & will get you a print of it in a day or two. It exhibits the finest glacial grooves I have [3] ever seen, transcending even the best to be seen in any part of the Alps that I have visited.

I will send at the same time a print of the gorge now partially exposed at the foot of the Gormer glacier, as well as the promised map of the distribution of English & Welsh glaciers.

I should like you to insert a few words of recognition3 of Mr. Bingley's assistance if you make use of his pictures. It is his reward for much valuable & unselfish labour.

Yours faithfully | Percy F. Kendall4 [signature]

[4] Alfred R. Wallace Esq F.R.S.

1
In ARW’s handwriting, "Answd".
2
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927). British photographer, engineer and iron founder. Served on the Council of the Photographic Convention (1899). Elected to and became life member of the Yorkshire Geological Society.
3
ARW acknowledged Bingley in Wallace, A. R. 1900. Studies scientific and social. London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., and New York: The Macmillan Co. Volume 1.
4
Kendall, Percy Fry (1856-1936). Well known for his early work on the glacial lakes and gorges of the North York Moors, and The Geology of Yorkshire. Professor of Geology at the University of Leeds from 1906 to 1922.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2796.2686)]

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Transcribed by Crane, Megan [2015-04-07] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-04-07] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2796,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2796