WCP4785

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Parkstone, Dorset.

Sept^r. 26th. 1897

My dear Mr. Salt,

I am very glad to hear that you are going to publish a pamphlet on the Game Laws¹. I fear however that I cannot undertake the responsibility of writing a Preface. I find I can now do very little writing having so much correspondence & other matters to attend to, and I have a book on hand which I particularly want to get on with². If the [2] paper is well written it is sure to attract attention, but it will want a good deal of "pegging away" before we shall get rid of those abominable engines of oppression & selfishness.

Believe me | Yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]