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WCP412

Postcard (WCP412.412)

[1]

Hotel des Balances, Lucerne

Sunday Morning [7 July 1895]1

Arrived at 11.30 last night. Off to the Stangerhorn now, instead of Pilatus. Good journey on whole. Very comfortable carriage & only 3 other people 1 gentleman & two ladies, very quiet. The struggle for places at Bale the worst. The chicken was splendid, & I made tea at 4 o’clock. Up to Bale we were quite fresh, & today feel quite well. The breakfast at Brussels was wretched for s.2/- cold milk, — & poor ham & eggs! Luckily I got a good couch in steamer & dozed a little. Your father2 was on deck mostly. Then we dozed a good bit on the train, so got fairly rested on the whole. I think we shall leave here tomorrow, but am not sure yet. Have not seen much yet of the mountains, but I think I saw Pilatus half clouded.

Adieu | Yours affectionately | Alfred [signature]

Tell3 your Ma4 your Pa says he is no worse than usual, but he looks much better today than when we started.

[2]

Carte postale.5

Union postale universelle. — Weltpostverein. — Unione postale universale.

SUISSE, SCHWEIZ, SVIZZERA.

Nur für die Adresse

_________

Mrs Wallace6

Parkstone, Dorset

England.

1
Date derived from postmark on postcard. 7 July 1895 was a Sunday.
2
Mitten, William (1819-1906). Father-in-law of ARW; chemist and authority on bryophytes.
3
This sentence was written vertically up the left hand side of page 1.
4
Mitten (née Jordon) Ann (c1813-1906). Wife of William Mitten. Wallace’s mother-in-law.
5
This page indicates that this manuscript is a postcard. The printed header is in red and centred. There is a printed oval stamp in red showing a cross (+) and the number 10 below it on the left of the header. On the right, there is a round postmark in black for Luzern with the date "7.VII.95.XII —" which indicates the date of this manuscript.
6
Wallace (née Mitten), Annie (1846-1914). British. Wife of ARW; daughter of William Mitten.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Postcard (WCP412.412)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Kirwan, Luke [2012-02-24] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Lo, Yen [2020-01-04] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-11-11]

Please cite as “WCP412,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP412