WCP4362

Letter (WCP4362.4595)

[1]

Hamilton House, The Croft Hastings

My dear Mr. Poulton

Many thanks for the book, papers, & proofs, just received1. Your notes will receive due attention. I now send you the next sheet, as that refers more especially to Weismann’s views, though the whole chapter was written before I had your proofs, & only from what I gathered from the abstracts in "Nature". My object has been to give an intelligible & quite untechnical view of the main point.

If I am not trespassing [2] too much on your time, I would be glad if you would read also (& criticise) the part[s?] sent of my concluding chapter — on Man, & allow me to send you the concluding sheets also.

I will return the book & papers shortly.

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

P.S. Do you see any thing to object to in the MSS. footnote re Galton & Weismann? Please return proof as soon as you can.

A.R.W. [signature]

Envelope is dated 18 February 1889.

Envelope (WCP4362.4596)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamps, postmarked "HASTINGS | D | FE18 89"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4362.4596)]

Please cite as “WCP4362,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 25 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4362