WCP3002

Author’s draft (WCP3002.2892)

[1]1 [p. 1]2

Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.

May 26th. 1868

Dear Mr. Lewes

I wrote a letter3 to the "Pall Mall Gazette" a week back in answer to yours on "spiritualism &c"4. as I had previously written one in answer to Prof. Tyndall.5 6 I merely wish you to know that an answer was sent,— and as your name has evidently much weight with the Editor,7 you may perhaps think it more satisfactory & more worthy of your reputation to take part in a question where free discussion is allowed, than in one where your opponents [2] are forbidden to speak.

I wrote strongly, because I thought both you & Prof. Tyndall are in error and in ignorance of your error, but I believe that I used no expressions that were not permissible in fair discussion.

I remain | Dear Sir | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

PS. I write now because I shall be out of England after the 28th till July. A.R.W [signature]

1
An annotation 'G. H. Lewes Esq.' is added at the lower left-hand corner of page 1.
2
ARW has labelled this letter 'a' in the upper left-hand corner of page 1.
3
See ARW to Frederick Greenwood [19-22 May 1868] (WCP3001.2891).
4
Lewes, G. H. 1868. Science and Spiritualism. Pall Mall Gazette. 19 May 1868, p3.
5
Tyndall, John (1820-1893). British Physicist. Appointed Professor of natural philosophy at the Royal Institution 1853.
6
See ARW to John Tyndall, 8 May 1868 (WCP1487.1266).
7
Greenwood, Frederick (1830-1909). British journalist, newspaper editor and author. Editor of the Pall Mall Gazette 1856-1880.

Editorial information

Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Author’s draft (WCP3002.2892)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-04-15] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-03-19]

Please cite as “WCP3002,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3002