WCP3096

Letter (WCP3096.3064)

[1]

Rockwells,

Dulwich Wood Park. S.E.

Sept 19th. 1872

Dear Mr. Wallace

I mentioned some days ago, in a letter to the "Standard" about this wretched Livingstone war and my connexion with the Council of the R. G. S — and it has brought me two of the characteristic letters from some friend1of the flat-world.

[2] I did not like to mention the first to you — but I suppose you may be aware of his singular pertinacity in outraging all good sense[.] I do not know whether you care about it now, but there is some limit to endurance whether [3] he has reached it yet you must judge — I should like to see a stop put to it although every one now knows what it is[.]

I am | My dear Sir | yours very truly| A. G. Findlay2 [signature]

[4]3

Hampden, John (1819-1891). British promoter of the Flat Earth theory.
Findlay, Alexander George (1812-1875). British geographer and hydrographer.
In unknown handwriting, “A. G. Findlay”.

Please cite as “WCP3096,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3096