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WCP3819

Letter (WCP3819.3737)

[1]

Pen-y-Bryn, St. Peter’s Road,

Croydon.

August 21st. 1880

My dear Sir Joseph1

I wish to do myself the pleasure of dedicating my new book2 to you, to which I trust you will have no objection.

I enclose a proof of the Title-page, Dedication, & Contents, which please return at your earliest convenience.

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

Sir Joseph Hooker F. RS. &c.

1
Hooker, Joseph Dalton (1817-1911). British botanist and explorer. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1865-85. President of the Royal Society 1873-78.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1880. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. London: Macmillan & Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3819.3737)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Clerx, William [2013-01-08] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3819,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3819