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WCP3966

Letter (WCP3966.3906)

[1]

Old Orchard,

Broadstone,

Dorset.

Novr. 1st. 1913

T. Fisher Unwin1

Dear Sir

My two small books issued by Cassell2 were both written before any agreement with you.

My health has been so weak with a complication of diseases requiring almost all my attention, and I have also been overwhelmed with correspondence & [2] correspondence & domestic affairs, that I have been quite unable to give the necessary time to go on with the larger work. I am however improving slightly, and may perhaps be able shortly to get on a little with your book, but it will anyhow be a very slow process if it gets done at all. I can only hope it may be possible for me to do it! but as I expressly warned you I cannot be at all sure.

Yours truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Unwin, Thomas Fisher (1848-1935). British publisher. Founded the publishing house of T. Fisher Unwin.
2
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1913. The revolt of democracy. London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne: Cassell & Co., Ltd., and Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1913. Social environment and moral progress. London, New York, Toronto & Melbourne: Cassell & Co., Ltd.

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Revision history

Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-03-03] Transcribed by Lucas, Paula [2014-03-21] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP3966,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP3966