WCP4002

Letter (WCP4002.3945)

[1]

5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, w.

Friday [September 1863]1

Dear Newton

I have followed your suggestion about the Bee[']s Cell article in Annuals2, & send you my answer3 to correct & criticise, as I am not much pleased with it myself, & do not feel inclined to give more4 [2] time now to do it better.

It (Haughton[']s5 paper6) 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 D[ea]r Newton | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]7

1
The month and year have been established based on the ink annotation on page 3. See endnote 7.
2
Haughton, S. 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, (3rd series), 11(66): 415-429.
3
See 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 [Oct], (3rd series), 12(70): pp. 303-309.
4
"A[lfred]. Newton Esq" is written on the bottom margin of the page by ARW.
5
Haughton, Samuel (1821-1897). Irish geologist and physiologist.
6
See endnote 2 above.
7
An ink annotation in the upper, left margin on an otherwise blank page reads "A. R. Wallace, London. Sept. 11/12 /63." & "Answered Sept. 14/63."

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

Please cite as “WCP4002,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4002