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WCP4056

Letter (WCP4056.4001)

[1]

Rosehill, Dorking

August 24th. 1876

Dear Newton1

Having just sent my "Address"2 to be printed I may as well let you know that I have modified it somewhat from what I at first intended — making the first half specially biological the second half being devoted to the "Antiquity & Origin of Man" question —

In the first part I confine myself almost wholly to questions of colour as influenced by locality [2] and the relations of plants & insects.

The ground will therefore be quite free for you to go into as much or as little of special zoological questions as you like.

Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]3

1
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1876. Address [given in Glasgow on 6 Sept. 1876 as President of Section D, Biology, of the BAAS; divided into parts entitled 'On Some Relations of Living Things to Their Environment' and 'Rise and Progress of Modern Views as to the Antiquity and Origin of Man'].
3
In Newton’s handwriting, “A. R. Wallace, Aug. 24/25/76. Answered Aug. 25/76.” The letter has not been found.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4056.4001)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Bourne, Fiona [2013-10-04] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-10-04] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4056,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4056