WCP3420

Letter (WCP3420.2907)

[1]

30 Mornington Rd

N.W.

Novr 27. 1871.

Dear Mr Wallace,

I have worked hard for the good of the cause. I have given Mr Broome1 séances with Herne2 & Williams,3 Mrs St. Claire,4 Mr Home5 & Kate Fox6— All very successful— His opinions are now quite different from what they were at the beginning and his article — now in type for the Times— will please all sensible spiritualists. The only bear now is whether Delane7 lets it go in as it is written— When it appears will be a good opportunity [2] for your letter to come slightly altered as if to make it appear called forth by the article. I return it to you for that purpose—

I am starting for Leamington tomorrow, for a week.

Believe me | very truly yours | William Crookes8 [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq.

Broome, Frederick Napier (1824-1896). Canadian-born colonial governor in the British Empire; art critic and reviewer for The Times.
Herne, Francis ("Frank") Gideon (1850-1887). British spiritualist.
Williams, Charles (1849-?). American medium.
Marshall (née Brodie) Mary ("St. Claire") (1842-1884). British actress and spiritualist medium, wife of her cousin Emmanuel Marshall, niece and daughter-in-law of medium Mary Marshall, 1800-1875.
Home, Daniel Dunglas (1833-1886). British medium.
Fox, Catherine ("Kate") (1837-1892). American medium.
Delane, John Thadeus (1817-1879). British newspaper editor of The Times 1841-77.
Crookes, William (1832-1919). British chemist, physicist, science journalist, and spiritualist. Secretary of the Royal Institution.

Please cite as “WCP3420,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3420