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WCP4002

Letter (WCP4002.3945)

[1]

5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, W.

Friday [11 September 1863]1

Dear Newton2

I have followed your suggestion about the Bees Cell article in Annuals,3 & send you my answer to correct & criticise, as I am not much pleased with it myself, & do not feel inclined to give more

A. Newton Esq. [2] time now to do it better.

It (Haughtons4 paper5) seems to me horridly written, & as I allude to his bad English, please see that mine is unimpeachable —

Return with notes as soon as possible.

Hoping you are enjoying yourself in Scotland.

I remain Dr Newton | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]6

1
See note 6.
2
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1863. Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton's paper on the bee's cell, and on the origin of species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (ser. 3), 12(70): 303-309.
4
Haughton, Samuel (1821-1897). Irish geologist and physiologist.
5
Haughton, Samuel. 1863. On the form of the cells made by various wasps and by the honey bee; with an appendix on the Origin of Species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (ser. 3), 11(66): 415-429.
6
In Newton’s handwriting, "A. R. Wallace, London. Sept. 11/12 /63. Answered Sept. 14/63.” The letter has not been found.

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Revision history

Transcribed by Brunnen, Claire [2012-05-30] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Costa, Leslie [2020-05-08] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4002,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4002