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WCP3358

Letter (WCP3358.3326)

[1]

Frith Hill, Godalming.

June 5th. 1888

Dear Sir

Thanks for your note.1 There is a summary of what is known on Geology of Madagascar in Captain Oliver’s "Madagascar"2 (1886) and I do not suppose in such a large and difficult country much important work can have been done since. The main features seem sufficiently known for the purposes of Geog. Distribution.

Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

C. Davies Sherborn3 Esq.

1
The note has not been found.
2
Oiver, Samuel Pasfield. 1886. Madagascar: an historical and descriptive account of the island and its former dependencies. Two volumes. London: Macmillan and Co.
3
Sherborn, Charles Davies (1861-1942). British geologist and scientific bibliographer.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3358.3326)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP3358,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3358