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WCP4967

Letter (cc) (WCP4967.5403)

[1]1

26th April [189]8.2

Dear Sir,

We have no head or tail pieces here but the Printer will be able to put in some simple scroll if you will mark the places in the proof.

We sent you proof of Preface Title3 &c yesterday and hope you will be able to return the proofs for press this week.

Yours very truly | AW [signature in initials]

D[octo]r. Alfred R. Wallace.

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 on record.
3
Preface of Wallace A. R. (1898). The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. (Copy was requested on 14 April 1898, see WCP4965).

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP4967.5403)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP4967,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP4967