WCP3200

Letter (WCP3200.3168)

[1]1

72, Fleet Street

London, E.C.

18th J[anuar]y 1901

Dear Dr Wallace,

I am glad you like Julie. All your criticisms are fuel and the book is loosely strung together. But I did it as well as I could in the time.

A three-decker?I don't know.I'm not at all sure I could do one. I'm no good at constructi[ng.] But perhaps some time I will try.

So far I have been obliged to keep my books short as our readers cannot afford more than 2/6 and I have no outside sale.

I have a book [MS torn,MS illeg.] [2] in the Press. They will be called "Tales For The Marines"2, and will have a few drawings in.— all at half—a—crown. Some of these tales are not bad — for me. They have all been in The Clarion, but will look better in the book.

Tomorrow I start away on a five week Fellowship Cruise.

Thanking you for your kind letter[.]

I remain | Yours sincerely | R. Blatchford3 [signature]

1
Text written vertically in pencil in different hand reads "R. Blatchford".
2
Blatchford, R. (1901) Tales for the Marines, London, Clarion Newspaper Co., Ltd.
3
British Museum stamp.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3200.3168)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hall, Sophia [2015-03-03] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-03] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3200,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3200