Ɛpsilon

WCP4504

Letter (WCP4504.4811)

[1]

Frith Hill,

Saturday. [1888]1

My dear Meldola2

I send you now my revise of the Chapter on "Mimicry" which you wished to see. Also the preceding Chapter on Protective & Recognition Colours3 — which you can read over or not as you "feels disposed". I hope you will get it tonight so as to read it on Sunday — & then return.

Yours faithfully| Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

[2]4

1
The year added in pencil in unknown handwriting.
2
Meldola, Raphael (1849-1915). British chemist and entomologist.
3
Chapter on ARW’s book, Wallace, A. R. 1889. Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection with some of its applications. London & New York: Macmillan & Co.
4

In pencil in Meldola’s handwriting, “92 Tiger 93 [illeg] oblique stripes 97

Ichneumons”.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP4504.4811)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Lord, Annette [2012-07-20] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2026-04-18]

Please cite as “WCP4504,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4504