WCP4003

Letter (WCP4003.3946)

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5, Westbourne Grove Terrace, w.

Septr 28th 1863

Dear Newton

Many thanks for your criticism on my answer to Haughton1 — I have followed your advice, & I think have much improved my article2, by treating the Revd Gentleman with the greatest tenderness3 [2] & giving him the benefit of every doubt as to his own meaning.

I have been thinking it would be well to print the Index to Bonaparte4 which Tristram5 has made. It would not cost much, & I sh[oul]d think everybody who has the book would give a shilling for the index.

I have begun making an Index for myself but find it horrid [3] work. It would occupy in print about ½ sheet gov.[?] & if about 250 copies were printed I should think the Publisher6 of Bonaparte7 would take half to sell with his copies.

Will you join in the speculation?

I remain | yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

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1
Haughton, Samuel (1821-1897). Irish geologist and physiologist.
2
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.
3
"A[lfred]. Newton Esq" is written on the bottom margin of the page by ARW.
4
Bonaparte, C. L. 1850-1857. Conspectus Generum Avium. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
5
Tristram, Henry Baker (1822-1906). British geologist, naturalist and clergyman.
6
E. J. Brill, a Leiden publishing house established in 1683. Know as E. J. Brill between 1848-96. See van der Veen, S. 2008. Brill 325 years of scholarly publishing. Leiden & Boston: Brill.
7
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien (1803-1857). Influential French ornithologist and herpetologist. Prince of Musignano, and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte.
8
An ink annotation in the upper, left margin reads "A. R. Wallace, London. Sept. 28/29 /63." & "Answered Sept. 29/63." There are also pencil repository markings.

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Status: Edited (but not proofed) transcription [Letter (WCP4003.3946)]

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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]

Please cite as “WCP4003,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4003