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WCP3128

Letter (WCP3128.3096)

[1]

1 St Edwards Terrace,

Regents Park, N. W.

May 23, 1889.

Dear Mr. Wallace,

I cannot refrain from sending you my first published Volume of Poems1 in token of my admiration.

May it find as warm a welcome as "The Heather on Fire"2 which I had the pleasure of sending you three years ago, when you were kind enough to say [2] you would be glad to see me any time I might be able to call. To my great regret I never found time to call then, but I think it very likely that I shall be at Godalming or in the neighbourhood a few weeks hence if I might then come & see you.

Believe me | yours faithfully | Mathilde Blind.3 [signature]

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1
Blind, Matilde. 1889. The ascent of man. London: Chatto & Windus.
2
Blind, Matilde. 1886. The Heather on Fire: a Tale of Highland Clearances. London: Walter Scott.
3
Blind (née Cohen), Mathilde (1841-1896). German poet and biographer.
4
In ARW’s handwriting, “Mathilde Blind”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3128.3096)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-10] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-11-10] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3128,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3128