WCP4448

Letter (WCP4448.4745)

[1]

Old Orchard, Broadstone,

Wimborne.

Octr.. 24th. 1909

My dear Poulton

Many thanks for your kind appreciation in dedicating your new book 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 Poulton & yourself, as well to any of the young ladies who remember [4]1 me.

I am| Yours very sincerely| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
This is actually the verso of the first sheet of the letter.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4448.4745)]

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Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Enclosure (WCP4448.4747)

[1]1

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]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.

[3]3

1
Enc.1 is a copy of the title page.
2
Enc.2 is handwritten [by E.B. Poulton?], with amendments [by Alfred Russel Wallace?].
3
Page.3 shows an oval post stamp marked Oxford.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Enclosure (WCP4448.4747)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15]

Envelope (WCP4448.4746)

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 11 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4448