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WCP4368

Letter (WCP4368.4606)

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Godalming,

June 5th 1889

My dear Mr. Poulton1

Prof. Price2 has written to me and I have replied to him. I hope to be able to attend at any convenient time in the Autumn.

I have today received the very handsome volume of Weismann’s3 Essays, for which I have to thank you. Will you please give my acknowledgements to the Delegates of the Clarendon [2] Press, — or is it proper to send a letter of thanks to them? If this is not necessary do not trouble to write.

Please note that after Midsummer my new address will be

Corfe View

Parkstone

Dorsetshire.

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

E. B. Poulton Esq.

1
Poulton, Edward Bagnall (1856-1943). British entomologist. Hope Professor of Zoology at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Jesus College.
2
Price, Bartholomew (1818-1898). British mathematician, clergyman, and educator.
3
Weismann, August Friedrich Leopold (1834-1914). German evolutionary biologist and founder of germ plasm theory. His work was influential in disproving the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4368.4606)]

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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 (WCP4368.4607)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "GODALMING | L | 5JU | 89"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4368.4607)]

Please cite as “WCP4368,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4368