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WCP4955

Letter (cc) (WCP4955.5391)

[1]1

31st January [189]82

Dear Sir,

We have sent you a complete revise [sic] today — The Diagrams & descriptions will follow shortly3 —

We regret that through an oversight our Proof Clerk has not attended to your instructions as regard sending the proofs flat. We hope that this will not cause you inconvenience —

Yours very truly | HW [signature initials]4

Alfred R. Wallace Esq[uire]

1
The letter bears no heading, but originates from ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co. founded in 1878 by William Swan Sonnenschein (1855-1931).
2
Year inferred from context.
3
The author refers to publication of Wallace A. R. (1898). The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
4
Author not identified, but presumably an employee of the publishing house.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP4955.5391)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by O'Dell, Sandra [2018-08-15]

Please cite as “WCP4955,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4955