Ɛpsilon

WCP3226

Letter (WCP3226.3194)

[1]

40 S. Lukes Road W

9 Dec. [1904?]1

Dear Dr Wallace

The hunt for Lope’s2 ghost story does not reveal much. Cunninghame Graham3 just sent me the enclosed letter & card from Fitzmaurice Kelly4 & I send the letter because of the interesting criticism of Borrow5 it contains. Will you let me have the letter [2] back as it has to be returned to Graham?

I am | yours very truly | W. H. Hudson6 [signature]

1
In pencil by unknown handwriting. Hudson wrote on the subject on 24 November 1904. See WCP2840. https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP2840
2
de Vega, Lopez (1562-1635). Spanish playwright and poet whose Ghost story found its way into Borrow's book.
3
Cunninghame-Graham, Robert Bontine (1852-1936). Scottish politician, writer, journalist and adventurer.
4
Fitzmaurice-Kelly, James (1858-1923). British writer on Spanish literature.
5
Borrow, George Henry. 1862. Wild Wales: its people, language and scenery. Three volumes. London: John Murray.
6
Hudson, William Henry (1841-1922). British-Argentine author, naturalist and ornithologist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3226.3194)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Szentgyorgyi, Katherine [2012-11-29] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3226,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3226