WCP5049

Letter (cc) (WCP5049.5523)

[1]1

18th October [189]8.2

Dear Sir,

A copy of the pamphlet "Vaccination"3 was sent to "The Clarion"4 but they have not had a copy of "The Wonderful Century."5 We will see that a copy is sent as soon as the new impression now being printed is ready —

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
Wallace, A. R. (1898). Vaccination a delusion. Its Penal Enforcement a Crime: Proved by the official evidence in the reports of the Royal Commission London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd. This monographic criticism of vaccination was published in the Spring of 1898, then incorporated into ARW’s The Wonderful Century published by Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd. later that year.
4
Weekly newspaper founded by Robert Blatchford and Alexander M. Thompson in Manchester in 1891. It was a socialist publication, adopting a British-focused perspective on political affairs.
5
Wallace A. R. (1898). The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co.

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP5049,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5049