WCP3313

Letter (WCP3313.3281)

[1]1,2

149 Elizabeth Street,

Sydney

Australia.

10 July /[19]12.

Dr. A.R. Wallace,

Wimbourne.

My dear Sir,

Your urbanity will, I am sure, absolve the presumptuousness of my intrusion.

My object in writing is to call attention to an article which I am informed will appear in the "XIXth. Century" in August. It is by my old friend Mr. William Bugby,3 a schoolteacher in Tasmania, who is a staunch Anti-Vaccinist [sic], Anti-Vivisectionist, and, I believe, a bit of a Spiritualist.

He is writing on the subject of "Lost Atlantis", and the (alleged) discoveries [2] by the late Dr. and Mdme. Le Plongeon4,5 in Yucatan. You can scarcely fail to be interested in the article, and the subsequent discussion that is sure to arise.

With great respect | Yours very faithfully | W. Wilton. [signature]6

1
A query in respect of the correspondence is written, obliquely, in the top left-hand corner of the page.
2
There is a catalogue/reference number inscribed in the top right-hand corner of the page. It reads, "164".
3
Bugby, William (c.1852-1928). Australian teacher and polemicist.
4
Le Plongeon, Augustus (1825-1908). British-American photographer, antiquarian and amateur archaeologist. Husband of Alice Dixon Le Plongeon.
5
Le Plongeon, Alice Dixon (1851-1910). English photographer, amateur archaeologist and author.
6
British Museum stamp.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Cooper, Rod [2015-03-12] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2015-03-12] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Please cite as “WCP3313,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3313