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Godalming

May 27th. 1889

My dear Girdlestone¹

At length, after much house-hunting, we have found a new abode at Parkstone near Bournemouth & shall move there at Midsummer. I think it will suit us well as it is a pretty house in a pretty neighbourhood, with beautiful views and a nice little garden. We are also quite close to a railway station whence the populous & fashionable Bournemouth may [2] be reached in 6 minutes and the business town of Poole in 4. The climate of that district is said to combine mildness with dryness, & with air unusual quantity of sunshine in winter. A gentleman I know — Dr. Allman² — a naturalist and gardener, late President of the Linnean Society & a wealthy man, lives close to us, so we shall have many of introduction to any society we want. After Midsummer [3] our address will be

Corfe View

Parkstone,

Dorset.

I am glad you are reading De Potter.³ Have you seen Mr. Mill's⁴ little book — "Poverty and the State."⁵ — I consider it one of the most admirable I have ever read — going clearly & directly to the core of the matter, and writing with full knowledge of the whole subject. You can get it for a shilling at the Railway Bookstalls. I shall be for the next week or two very busy with wearisome [4] examination papers⁶ so do not trouble to write to me till after Midsummer at my new address.

L.N. is certainly moving on, & we have an admirable worker in our new member Mr. Ogilvy⁷ whose "Colonist's Plea" & other tracts signed, "A.J.O" are also perfect specimens of argument & clear exposition.

Believe me | yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]