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WCP3511

Letter (WCP3511.3401)

[1]1

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Decr. 19th. 1908

Messrs Macmillan & Co2

Dear Sirs

Please send me a copy of A. H. Allcroft's3 "Earthwork of England4 — 18s./ net.5

Also — Dr. Gamble's6 Introduction to the Study of Nat. History7,8— (Smith Elder 6/- net.9

and charge same to my account.

Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Animal Life 6/- net10

1
Date stamped “21 DEC 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
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian (1865-1929). British classical scholar.
4
Allcroft, Arthur Hadrian. 1908. Earthwork of England, prehistoric, Roman, Saxon, Danish, Norman, and mediaeval... Illustrated with plans, sections, &c. London: Macmillan & Co.
5
In margin, “present (F.M)”.
6
Gamble, Frederick William (1869-1926). Mason professor of zoology and comparative anatomy in the University of Birmingham.
7
The book should be “Animal Life”. See WCP3512. https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3512
8
Gamble, Frederick William. 1908. Animal Life. London: Smith, Elder, & Co.
9
In margin, "Buy in (F.M.)".
10
In unknown handwriting.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3511.3401)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2014-02-24] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-02-25] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3511,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3511