WCP4332

Letter (WCP4332.4550)

[1]

Rosehill, Dorking.

Nov[embe]r. 3rd. 1876

My dear Sir

I have been very unwell since I came from Glasgow, & am rather behindhand with some work I have in hand. I must therefore beg you to excuse me from coming to see you yet. If you are in London however I could meet you to have a talk on the matter. I am generally in town on Wednesday.

I suppose by the tone of your letter that you have been to see Slade1 & was satisfied that he is not an imposter. [2] If the Judge at the Sessions follows Mr. Flowers’ rule — of not giving any weight to evidence that he Slade, could produce what Lankester2 saw, without imposture — I do no[t] see how it is possible for him to defend himself from such an accusation.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

C. M. Ingleby Esq.3

1
Henry Slade (1835-1905), fraudulent medium.
2
Sir E. Ray Lankester (1847-1929), British zoologist
3
Clement Mansfield Ingleby (1823-1886), English Shakespearian scholar.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4332.4550)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Sloyan, Victoria [2013-10-15] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-10-15]

Please cite as “WCP4332,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4332