WCP3292

Letter (WCP3292.3260)

[1]

Dec[ember] 22 [1910]1

The Bath Club,

34. Dover Street. W.

Telerams, Pellucidly, London.

Telephones (5250, Cerrard. 6464, Cerrard.)

Dear Barrett2

I gave Wallace's first letter to miss J. who reminds[?] to write to Richard about it, as W. asked. I have [2 words illeg.] y[ou]r further enclosures for which [1 word illeg.] was writing upon writing. The workmanship of the picure is certainly very remarkable. Do you know what a 'copie aux trats' means, & whether 'tracer un tableau[?]' means to take a tracing.3 If so, probably has [1 word illeg.] folk[?] than Raphael might have done it. One [2] w[oul]d like to know if Fabre4 is still alive, & whether Raphael can not only copy his own pictures but also do original work[.]

Sir. I w[oul]d much like to meet Wallace. Doe[s] he even come to London nowadays!

With all best wishes for Xmas | Yours [2 words illeg.] | Everard Feilding5 [signature]

Year taken from the WCP web page: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/scientific-resources/collections/library-collections/wallace-letters-online/3292/3260/N/details.html
Barrett, Sir William Fletcher (1844-1925). English physicist and psychical investigator.
Immediately following this sentence in supascript: No!; and in subscript the initials W.J.B. Both are in a different hand to author.
Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir (1823-1915). French naturalist and entomologist,
British Museum stamp underneath.

Please cite as “WCP3292,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3292