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WCP2915

Letter (WCP2915.2805)

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BIBLIOTECA PROVINCIALE

DI NAPOLI

Napoli

(via Duomo 219)

20th 1908

Sir,

As an admirer of your talent and a studious of your works, I should be happy if, through your permission, I were allowed to translate into italian your book Darwinism,2 with which you rendered so valuable [2] a service to the cause of spiritualism and civil progress.

Hoping to receive a favourable answer, I have the honour, Sir to be

Your most oblg servant | Frederic Verdinois3 [signature] (Director of the Prov. Bib.)

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1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd. Asked £10. Pubn.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
3
Verdinois, Federigo (1844-1927). Italian librarian, journalist, writer and translator; Director of the Biblioteca Provinciale.
4
In ARW’s handwriting, “Verdinois”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP2915.2805)]

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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 “WCP2915,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2915