WCP3291

Letter (WCP3291.3259)

[1]

TELEPHONE 349.1, 2

SEAVIEW,

SOUTHPORT.

December 12th 1910

Messrs Chapman & Hall3

Dear Sirs:-

I duly received the copy of the new book4 by Dr Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace. I am sure that I shall read it with much pleasure as soon as I can find time to do so. So many publishers and authors send me copies of their books that I am unable to keep up with the reading of them, but I shall make a special effort to read this work.

You are quite right, I read with extreme pleasure "Man's place in the Universe"5.

I have instructed Mr John Murray6 to send to Dr Russell [sic] Wallace a copy of a new book on Cancer7 which he is publishing this week. It has been a real pleasure to me to help this humanitarian work financially and I am sure that Dr Russell [sic] Wallace will be much interested in reading it, as it is quite in his line.

Yours truly | WPHartley8 [signature]

1
Text in another hand in the top right corner reads "106".
2
"Answ[ere]d" is written, in an unidentified hand, diagonally across the telephone number.
3
Book publisher.
4
Probably, Wallace, A. R. (1910). The world of life: a manifestation of creative power, directive mind and ultimate purpose, Chapman & Hall, London. i-xvi, 1-408.
5
Wallace, A R. (1903). Man's Place in the Universe, Chapman and Hall, London. i-xi, 1-330.
6
Murray, John (1851-1928). Publisher.
7
Possibly, Ross, Hugh Campbell. (1910). Induced cell-reproduction and cancer, John Murray, London.
8
Text in another hand reads "(Sir William Pickles Hartley)"

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3291.3259)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Ghosh, Susan [2015-02-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-02-24] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3291,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3291