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WCP4380

Letter (WCP4380.4629)

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Jany. 21st. 1890

My dear Mr. Poulton1

I return your proof. No doubt your smaller Diagram Table will be a great improvement. What makes the larger one so very complicated is the quantity of sm. type matter and more especially the having so many of the Headings printed vertically. If you must have such a large Table why not have a large folded sheet so as to exhibit it all the right way up?

Yours very truly| 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.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4380.4629)]

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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 (WCP4380.4630)

Envelope addressed to "E. B. Poulton Esq. F.R.S, Wykeham House, Banbury Road, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "PARKSTONE B | JA 21 | 90"; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4380.4630)]

Please cite as “WCP4380,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4380