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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

LONDON. W.C.

June 16. 77

Dear Sir

I regret much that owing to several causes so great a delay has taken place in answering your very interesting letter¹ of the 4^th Inst. I have read with much interest the very suggestive letter published [2] in the Daily News, and I regret that I had not seen it when I wrote the article² in the Contemporary, as it w^d. have given me much pleasure in quoting it in support of my views.

Since you give up the idea of buying up out of profits [illeg.] for the houses there seems to be perfect accordance in our views [3] in regard to the best mode of dealing with the present public house & gin palace. I think your strictures in M^r. Lowe's³ propositions very much to the point. He has become so wedded to his own view of the subject, that he writes me "that he fails to see how the opening of Competency temperance (sic) establishments will cure the evil."

Using the word as described [4] by the Alliance party he is quite right, but such "temperance" places are not advocated [illeg.] in your valuable letter nor in my article.

The time is out of joint for the discussion of this question, but it has hereafter to be taken up seriously & by legislation, of a different character to that for some years past, to remove a growing curse.

With my best thanks for your courtesy

I remain, yours faithfully | Charles Graham⁴ [Signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq.