WCP300

Letter (WCP300.300)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Monday Morn[in]g

Dear Violet1

The only train after 5.500 at Waterloo is the Mail at 9.45, & that does not come further than Wimborne, at 1.40 am. & it might be wet!

The only way for you to get here early on Thursday is to come by the 11.30 at night reaching Bath at 7 am, where you could have a cup of tea, & here at 11 am. If you tip the guard & get a good corner seat & wrap up well, after a good supper, you [2] will sleep well enough.

Will2 leaves by the 1.30 train to Burton, to meet the Clarion Cycling Club3 at Bakewell on Sunday.

Will went to Shaftesbury & back yesterday — about 55 miles — quite easy!

In haste | Your affectionate Pa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

If we don’t hear to contrary we shall expect you at 11. Thursday.

1
Wallace, Violet Isabel (1869-1945). Daughter of ARW; teacher.
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.
3
The Clarion Cycling Club was first formed in 1894 as the Socialists' Cycling Club, but renamed itself the Clarion Cycling Club, at its second meeting, after The Clarion socialist newspaper.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP300.300)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Murphy, Will [2011-07-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Siewert, Betsy [2020-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP300,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP300