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WCP3415

Letter (WCP3415.3383)

[1]1

Broadstone, Wimborne.

Feby. 27th. 1908

Messrs. Macmillan & Co.2

Dear Sirs

I send you 3 more Photos of vegetation I have just received from Para, which will serve to illustrate Spruce's3 book.4

As I have now got the first proofs, I should like to have, as soon as possible [2] rough prints of all the illustration you have decided to use, so that I can see where they will best come, and, if necessary, add a few words of explanation in the text.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Oval ink stamp, “G.B.M” and date stamped “28 FEB 1908”.
2
Macmillan, Frederick Orridge (1851-1936). Eldest son of Daniel Macmillan, a founding partner in the bookselling and publishing firm of Macmillan & Co.
3
Spruce, Richard (1817-1893). British botanist, explorer and collector in the Amazon; lifelong friend of ARW.
4
Wallace, A. R. ed. 1908. Richard Spruce. Notes of a botanist on the Amazon and Andes. London: Macmillan & Co. Two volumes.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3415.3383)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Seo, Veri [2013-07-29] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-14] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3415,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3415