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WCP4284

Letter (WCP4284.4404)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

July 18th. 1901

Dr. A. Günther1

Dear Dr. Gunther

Will you be so good as to inform me if the statements as to the habitats of the Gwyniad and the Vendace in the enclosed letter are correct.

Also will you be so good as to look over the List enclosed of peculiar British Freshwater Fishes, which you were so good as to give me ten [2] years ago, and make any corrections you think necessary now, either in the species included or in their distribution.

I am preparing a new edition of my Island Life2 & wish to have the facts as corrected up to date.

Believe me | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Günther, Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf (formerly Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf) (1830-1914). German-born British zoologist. Keeper of the Zoology department, British Museum 1875-95.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1902. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. Third and revised edition. London: Macmillan & Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4284.4404)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Linden, Tess [2013-08-20] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-08-20] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4284,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4284