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61 Leonard Street.

Hull

Aug. 21^st 1898

Sir

I have pretty well studied "The Wonderful Country"¹ and would really call it a Wonderful Book, with an immense amount of matter and is generally of the greatest interest. Your chapter on "[illeg.]" is a very striking one. I did not expect the Glacial Epoch would introduce us to Dr Croll² and the usual [2] Glacial Hypothesis — but perhaps you have other views. You speak of Phrenology as one amongst "failures." I would hardly so designate it. I have quite a warm side to Phrenology. Sev Twenty ^{Sixty Five} years ago (I am the Queens’ age) as a young apprentice I had for years the in Phrenological Class, of course they were all experts and devout believers. I don't know if in my course through life, I have stood firm [3] to the faith — but — I know I am very much indebted to its influence on George Coomb³ has ever been to me a master of thought — and I do not yet know a better or more reasonable system of Mental Science than Phrenology.

I have not gone into vaccination a "delusion." I have always held the Orthodox opinion of vaccination as a great boon to humanity and am not now inclined to retrace my steps and would say to the Positive [4] ones don’t be too sure.

Will you kindly accept of a small work of mine "Stepping Stone to Socialism"⁴ it is of small value compared with your big volume, but I seem to think judging from many of your remarks, that my little book would not be considered by your obtruism or beyond your regard. I am not able to write myself through paralysis,

but my wife has written to my dictation

Yours sincerely | David Maxwell⁵ [signature]

Dr. Alfred R. Wallace

Parkstone

Dorset