WCP4022

Letter (WCP4022.3965)

[1]

Hurstpierpoint,

Jan. 2nd. 1868.

Dear Newton

I did not think it necessary to write again, as I care little about form, & thought an Editor should have the decision on such points.

It is a matter very trifling in itself, and I hardly see the use of two forms for a very similar purpose. I do not think that it is in common use & I think there must be many [2]1 who like myself do not understand it, — but as it has been used before in the "Ibis"1 that does not apply, & I sh[oul]d not wish you to have the trouble & expense of altering it now.

I think however that your plan is the most correct in itself— but to me it was new and unusual.

With Compl[iment]s of the season | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Ibis, the journal of the British Ornithologists' Union was founded in 1859 by Philip Lutley Sclater. The journal was edited by Sclater from 1859-64. In 1865 Alfred Newton became the journal editor until 1870. (Hale, W. G. 2016. Sacred Ibis: The Ornithology of Canon Henry Baker Tristram. Durham: Sacristy Press. pp.40-48).

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Transcribed by Royce, Isobel [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Beros, Matt [2020-06-10]

Please cite as “WCP4022,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4022