Leckhampton House,
Cambridge.
April 14/[18]98
My Dear Wallace
I can see no answer to your statistics & arguments. Of course I should like to see what the doctors can say in reply, as [1 word illeg. and deleted] it is difficult to believe in such a wide spread blunder. But so far as the statistics with with w[hich]. you deal go — & that is by far — I cannot imagine a convincing answer. I am much obliged to you for letting me see the pamphlet; & I shall hand it on to [2 words illeg.] last, with your letter, [2] & a letter of my own.
The unveracity [sic.] of WB Carpenter1, & especially of Ernest Hart2, ought not to surprise me after what I already know of their standards in contriving: — but it is staggering all the same!
Yours most truly | FWH Myers [signature]3
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3060.3028)]
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Envelope addressed to "A. R. Wallace Esq. FRS, Parkstone, Dorset", with stamp, postmarked "CAMBRIDGE | 7:30PM | AP 14 | 98". Note is written on front in ARW's hand: "Myers. | Two Letters. (1) Is a believer in Vaccination | (2) My argument is conclusive." Back of envelope stamped "T. FISHER UNWIN | 1. ADELPHI TERRACE | LONDON | W.C"; postmark on back. It is unknown why the address of publisher Thomas Fisher Unwin appears on the envelope, unless Myers used it on occasion as an alternative postal address. [Envelope (WCP3060.8375)]
Please cite as “WCP3060,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3060