WCP5029

Letter (WCP5029.5578)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset

Feb[ruary] 6th. 1891

E. Westermarck Esq.

Dear Sir,

Please do not send me 2nd proofs of your book1. I will read either the first of the second proofs, but not both. It is quite unnecessary only confusing to me.

Believe me | Yours faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature].

1
Possible reference to his doctoral study The History of Human Marriage for which Westermarck gained international acclaim. The book first appeared in 1891.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP5029.5578)]

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Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-07-09] Transcribed by Hoare, Eleanor [2014-07-10] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Published letter (WCP5029.5484)

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Febr. 6th. 1891

Edw. Westermarck, Esq.

Dear Sir

Please do not send me 2nd. proofs of your book. It will read either the first or the second proofs, but not both. It is quite unnecessary and only confusing to me.

Believe me

Yours faithfully

Alfred R. Wallace.

1
Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: Fifth of fourteen letters from Wallace to Edward Westermarck, concerning the writing of the latter's The History of Human Marriage. These were included in the article "Letters From Edward B. Tylor and Alfred Russel Wallace to Edward Westermarck; Ed. With Introductory Remarks Concerning the Publication of The History of Human Marriage" by K. Rob. V. Wikman that appeared in 1940 as Acta Academiae Aboensis Humaniora XIII.7. The Wallace letters make up the second half of the work. Note that there are several apparent minor editing errors in the source material that I have not bothered to correct.

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Status: Draft transcription [Published letter (WCP5029.5484)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Smith, Charles Hyde [2013-02-06] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-02-08]

Please cite as “WCP5029,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5029