WCP5034

Letter (WCP5034.5583)

[1]

Parkstone, Dorset.

May 14th. 1891

Edward Westermarck Esq.

My dear Sir

I return you the last proof. I have made one or two verbal suggestions, — especially ''marriage'' in place of ''sexual intercourse'' because this last chapter will be the most read, and it is well to be as reticent as possible.

I enclose also a ''Prefatory note'', which I suppose is something of the kind that you & Messrs Macmillan1 wish for.

Yours very truly │ Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Macmillan, Alexander (1818-1896) and Macmillan, Daniel (1813-1857). Scottish co-founders of Macmillan Publishers.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP5034.5583)]

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Transcribed by Munro, Rosemary [2014-06-18] Transcription checked by Benny, Ruth [2014-06-18] Transcription checked by Sherwood, Danni [2020-08-10]

Published letter (WCP5034.5489)

[1]1 [p. 19]

May 14th. 1891.

Edward Westermarck, Esq.

My dear Sir

I return you the last proof. I have made one or two verbal suggestions, —especially marriage in place of »sexual intercourse» because [2] [p. 20] this last chapter will be the most read, and it is well to be as reticent as possible.

I enclose also a »Prefatory Note», which I suppose is something of the kind that you and Messrs Macmillan wish for.

Yours very truly

Alfred Wallace.

1
Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: Tenth 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 (WCP5034.5489)]

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

Please cite as “WCP5034,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5034