Ɛpsilon

WCP3868

Letter (WCP3868.3787)

[1]1,2

Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset.

Jan. 24th, 1914.

Lt. Col. Sir D. Prain.3 I.M.S., C.I.E., F.R.S. etc.

Dear Sir,

I am collecting material for a volume of Letters annd Reminiscences4 of my father, Dr A. R. Wallace, which will be written by the Rev. James Marchant,5 F.R.S (Edin) F.R.A.S., of 42, Great Russell St, W.C.

If you have preserved any of my father’s letters we should esteem it a great favour if you would allow us to see them and to use any that were suitable for our book.

Any letters you will be kind enough to send, either to me or to Mr Marchant, will be copied and safely returned to you.

With apologies for troubling you,

Yours truly, | W. G. Wallace6,7 [signature]

1
Round stamp of "ROYAL GARDENS – KEW 26 JAN 1914.”
2
In Prain’s handwriting, “Ans. with 9 letters 27.1.14”.
3
Prain, David (1857-1944). Scottish botanist who worked in India at the Calcutta Botanical Garden. Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 1905-1922.
4
Marchant, James ed. 1916. Alfred Russel Wallace letters and reminiscences. London: Cassell. Two volumes.
5
Marchant, James (1857-1956). British eugenicist, social reformer and author. Biographer of ARW.
6
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951). Son of ARW.
7
In pencil in WGW’s handwriting, “37 letters (many of them short) at Herbarium, in 5 different volumes 18/45 letters 6 different volumes”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP3868.3787)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sloyan, Victoria [2013-03-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3868,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3868