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WCP4361

Letter (WCP4361.4592)

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Hamilton House, The Croft,

Hastings.

Feby. 15th. 1889

My dear Mr. Poulton1

I send the rest of my notice of Spencer,2 & also of Cope.3 I have cut out the part on Geddes4 to send to Kew, as that is purely botanical.

The argument on slip 200, seems to me to dispose of all these theories.

Yours faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
2
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). British philosopher, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist.
3
Cope, Edward Drinker (1840-1897). American palaeontologist and comparative anatomist.
4
Geddes, Patrick (1854-1932). British biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4361.4592)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-16] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Envelope (WCP4361.4594)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamps, postmarked "HASTINGS STATION OFFICE | E | FE15 | 89"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4361.4594)]

Please cite as “WCP4361,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4361