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WCP4184

Letter (WCP4184.4206)

[1]1

By-the-Sea, Little Coogee,

Sydney, AUSTRALIA,

6 September, 1903.

Dear Sir:

Will you permit me to invite your attention to a book of which, I hope, a copy will reach you along with this letter. It is named Limanora,2 and is in form a utopian romance, but from its wealth of ideas, its perfection of form, its solid scientific foundation, and its high aims it appears to me to be much above most works of that class with which I am acquainted. If I have rightly understood certain passages in the Malay Archipelago3 and others of your writings, I imagine that you will find it a book after your own heart.

Yours very truly, | J. Collier4 [signature]

Alfred R. WALLACE, Esq.

1
In ARW’s handwriting, “Answd.” The letter has not been found.
2
Sweven, Godfrey. 1903. Limanora: the island of progress. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.
3
Wallace, A. R. 1890. The Malay Archipelago: The land of the orang-utan, and the bird of paradise. A narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.
4
Collier has not been identified.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4184.4206)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Congerton, John [2019-01-08] Transcription checked by Congerton, John [2019-01-08] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4184,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4184