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WCP3221

Letter (WCP3221.3189)

[1]

27 Tanza Road.

Hampstead.

June 10. 1904.

Dear Dr Wallace,

I remember the passage in "Wild Wales",1 but do not know to what production of Lope de Vega2 it has reference. I will endeavour to ascertain when I am at the Museum, which will be very soon: and if I do not succeed will consult some Spanish scholar.

The best authenticated story of an appa- [2] rition related by a celebrated man is, so far as I know, that told by Petrarch.3 Are you acquainted with it[?]

Believe me very truly yours, | R. Garnett4 [signature]

[3]7

Garnett

1
Borrow, George Henry. 1862. Wild Wales: its people, language and scenery. Three volumes. London: John Murray.
2
de Vega, Lopez (1562-1635). Spanish playwright and poet whose Ghost story found its way into Borrow's book.
3
Petrarca, Francesco (Petrarch) (1304-1374). Italian scholar and poet in Renaissance Italy and one of the earliest humanists.
4
Garnett, Richard (1835-1906). British scholar, librarian, biographer and poet. Assistant Keeper of Printed Books, British Museum.

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Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-07-06] Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3221,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3221