WCP3479

Letter (WCP3479.2966)

[1]1

3 Goodwin Rd

Forest Gate E

Jan 22.11

Dear Dr Wallace

I have just read in Light" a short review2 of your book3 "God & His Creating Angels"[.]

As I read I felt you were with me in spirits & that I could with pleasure have grasped your hand[.] I seem to enter so clearly into your theory & must present my warmest [2] thanks for the help you have been to me.

Having thought so much on the same subjects, it is delightful to meet with a souls influence such as yours "even in prints" you increase my power in arguments which I have occasionally with two materialists who can never imagine anything beyond Hackle"4

I know what you tell, is real truth to you.

I have been a member [3] of the L.S.A. twenty two years & the Spiritual philosphy [sic] has been my greatest pleasure, I have read some of your books which have helped out many ideas.

Thanking you again for the expression of your thoughts.

I have written this on the impulse of the moment, I might not have done or had I stopped to consider

I remain in grateful sympathy | Yours sincerely | Ellen Colyer5 [signature]

In ARW’s handwriting, “Acknowledged”. The letter has not been found.
Anon. 1911. God and his creating angels. Light 31(21 Jan), pp. 30-31.
Wallace, A. R. 1910.The world of life: a manifestation of creative power, directive mind and ultimate purpose. London: Chapman & Hall.
Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August (1834-1919). German biologist and philosopher.
Colyer, Ellen (1836-1936). Spiritualist. Wrote many articles on the subject.

Please cite as “WCP3479,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3479