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WCP4066

Letter (WCP4066.4010)

[1]

Frith Hill, Godalming.

August 27th.86/

My dear Newton1

Many thanks for your telegram letter,2 but I have already declined an invitation to Birmingham. My friend Meldola3 will be there & will no doubt do what he can versus Romanes.4

Will you be so good as to post proof of my article5 to him — Prof. R. Meldola, Reception Room, & I will write to him and ask him to read it carefully & "hold a brief" for [2] me, in addition to what he has to say for himself. That will answer the purpose I hope, and as my article will act a day or two before the meeting no doubt it will be read by the Combatants.

Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[3]6

1
Newton, Alfred (1829-1907). British zoologist and ornithologist. Founding member of the British Ornithologists' Union.
2
The letter has not been found.
3
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
4
Romanes, George John (1848-1894). Canadian-born British evolutionary biologist and physiologist.
5
Wallace, A. R. 1886. Romanes versus Darwin: an episode in the history of the evolution theory. Fortnightly Review, vol. 40 (1 Sept.), pp. 300-316.
6
In Newton’s handwriting, “A. R. Wallace, Aug. 27/28/86. Answd. 28.” The letter has not been found.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4066.4010)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Hansman, Emily [2013-07-12] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-07-12] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4066,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4066