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WCP3049

Postcard (WCP3049.3017)

[1]

HOUSE OF COMMONS

Feb. 18. 98

It is utterly impossible for me to find time in which to read essays or long production. They only find their way into the waste paper basket. Your essay had not arrived. When it comes I must return it unread.

Michael Davitt1 [signature]

[2]2

Alfred R. Wallace Esq

Parkstone

Dorset

1
Davitt, Michael (1846-1906). Irish republican activist for a variety of causes, especially Home Rule and land reform.
2
Front of postcard.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP3049.3017)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Taylor, Simon [2015-03-10] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-10] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3049,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3049