WCP4216

Letter (WCP4216.4281)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset

Jan[uar]y 23rd 1891

My dear Mr Cockerell

Many thanks for your two last letters & their valuable enclosures. The Ext[rac]t on Red Clay of Bermuda is all I want, — also about I[sle] of Man Lepidoptera & Celebes birds. Of Borneo Birds I only want list of the peculiar ‘species’.

I have not done anything to Island Life for the last few days as I am writing a review of Morgan’s book & discussing some controverted[sic] point. Your slug paper is interesting, — & will be [2] useful for "Darwinism". —

The extract about B. Shaw is excellent & made us laugh.

With many many thanks for all the trouble you are taking

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R Wallace [signature]

O.S. Of course I should greatly value Seebohms1[sic] book on Japanese Birds.

A.R.W.

1
Refers to Henry Seebohm (1832-1895) an English steel manufacturer and amateur ornithologist.

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Transcription (WCP4216.5309)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

Jan. 23rd.1891.

My dear Mr. Cockerell1

Many thanks for your two last letters and their valuable enclosures. The Extract ason Red Clay of Bermuda is all I want, — also about Isle of Man Leopidoptera and Celebas birds. Of Borneo Birds I only want list of the peculiar species.

I have not done anything to "Island Life" for the last few days as I am writing a review of Morgan's2 book and discussing some controverted points. Your slug paper is interesting, — and will be useful for "Darwinism."

The extract about B. Shaw3 is excellent and made us laugh.

With many thanks for all the trouble you are taking

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred H. Wallace. [signature]

P.S. Of course I should greatly value Seebohm's4 book on Japanese Birds.

A.R.W.

1
Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison (1866-1948). American zoologist.
2
Morgan, Conwy Lloyd (1852-1936). British ethnologist and psychologist. Principal of University College, Bristol.
3
Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950). Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics.
4
Seebohm, Henry (1832-1895). Ornithologist, traveler and steel manufacturer

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Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP4216.5309)]

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Transcribed by Siewert, Betsy [2019-12-17]

Please cite as “WCP4216,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4216