Old Orchard,
Broadstone,
Wimborne.
Octr. 24th. 1909
My dear Poulton1
Many thanks for your kind appreciation in dedicating your new book2 to me. I feel quite sure that you will say nothing on the subject to which I shall object. But I do wish you to "draw it mild" in your dedication. I have therefore suggested some alterations in the wording[.]
[2] I would also suggest putting "Natural Selection" instead of "Evolution", since I disclaim the latter title in my Preface.
After recovering from my illness in November, and just as I had begun work on my new book about Midsummer, I got severe inflammation of one eye, which kept me nearly two months unable to read or write & left an amount of general weakness and general upset [3] due to very drastic treatment by an occulist, that I am only now recovering from. But I hope now very shortly to commence work in earnest though I shall have to go slowly.
I congratulate you on the happy nature of your domestic troubles, and with kind remembrances to Mrs Poulton3 & yourself, as well to any of the young ladies who remember [4] me.
I am| yours very sincerely| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4448.4745)]
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CHARLES DARWIN AND
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES
ADDRESSES, ETC., IN AMERICA AND ENGLAND
IN THE YEAR OF THE TWO ANNIVERSARIES
BY
EDWARD BAGNALL POULTON D.Sc., M.A.
HON, LL.D. PRINCETON, F.R.S., V.-P.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S., F.E.S.
HOPE PROFESSOR OF ZOOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
FELLOW OF JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD
MEMB. HON. SOC. ENT. BELG.; SOC. HON. REAL. SOC. ESPAN. HIST. NAT.
CORRESP. MEMB. ACAD. SCI., NEW YORK, AND SOC. NAT. HIST. BOSTON
AUTHOR OF ‘ESSAYS ON EVOLUTION’, ETC.
PUBLISHED NOV. 24, 1909, BEING THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PUBLICATION OF ‘THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES’
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
NEW YORK, BOMBAY, AND CALCUTTA
1909
[2]To
Alfred Russell Wallace who gave to his great work volume book on Evolution the title ‘Darwinism’ this little book work volume of Essays on Darwin and the ‘Origin’ is affectionately dedicated.
Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP4448.4747)]
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Envelope addressed to "Prof. E. B. Poulton F.R.S., Wykeham House, Oxford", with stamp, postmarked "BROADSTONE | A | OC 25 | 09". Note on front of envelope in Poulton's hand: "Oct. 24. 1909."; postmark on back. [Envelope (WCP4448.4746)]
Please cite as “WCP4448,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on