WCP3965

Letter (WCP3965.3905)

[1]

Broadstone, Wimborne

Nov.[embe]r 23rd. 1906

T. Fisher Unwin Esq.1

Dear Sir

Yours of Nov. 14th. about publishing any future book of mine leads me to think that you have an erroneous impression — due to the fact that my last two books have not been published by MacMillan & Co.2 That I have some reason to be dissatisfied with that firm — my publishers for 36 years.

But that is not so. My "Man's Place"3, originated from an [2] article written for the "Fortnightly Review" (and an American Review) — & the book arose out of that article partly at Chapman & Hall's4 Suggestion: They further suggested an Autobiography and signed a liberal Agreement before if was written. Had these two books originated in any other way they would have been first offered to Macmillan, as will be any other books I may [3] (possibly) write.

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Thomas Fisher Unwin (1848 — 1935), English publisher. He founded T. Fisher Unwin publishing house in 1882.
2
Macmillan & Co. is a publishing company founded in 1843 by Daniel and Alexander Macmillan.
3
Wallace, Alfred R. Man's Place in the Universe: A study of the Results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity or Plurality of Worlds.
4
Chapman and Hall was a British publishing house founded by Edward Chapman and William Hall.

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Transcribed by Smith, Sam [2013-08-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-19]

Please cite as “WCP3965,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 1 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3965