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WCP2812

Letter (WCP2812.2702)

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3 Gray's Inn Place,

Gray's Inn,

8 / VII / 02

My dear Sir

I have to thank you very much for so kindly sending me a copy of the new edition of "Island Life"1: The old edition2 has been a guide, & friend, to me for ten years past, & I hope to derive even more benefit from the new one.

Again thanking you for the kind thought.

Yrs truly | E. R. Sykes3 [signature]

1
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1902. Island Life. Or, The Phenomena and Causes of Insular Faunas and Floras, including a revision and attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1881. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. New York: Harper & brothers.
3
Sykes, Ernest Ruthven (1867-1954). British malacologist of Littlemayne, Dorset.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2812.2702)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sherwood, Danni [2020-06-09] Transcription checked by Lo, Yen [2020-10-30] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP2812,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2812