WCP5055

Letter (cc) (WCP5055.5529)

[1]1

19 — 1 [1]900

D[octo]r Alfred Russel Wallace.

Dear Sir,

We are sending you herewith a copy of the Reader,2 to show you the sort of book we mean. Mr. Williams3 could run down & see you personally, if you would like a more detailed explanation than can be given by correspondence.

The author’s "Preface" which Mr. Williams has drafted, is, of course, a mere suggestion. Better illustrations could be, in most cases, obtained, or, when necessary, made; but those [MS blotted] will give you an idea of what the intention is, & of how the book would look.

We are, dear Sir, | Yours very truly | Swan Sonnenschein & Co[mpany]. L[imi]t[e]d.

1
The page is stamped "240" and the letter bears no heading but is signed in the name of ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co. Ltd., founded in 1878 by William Swan Sonnenschein (1855-1931).
2
Wallace A. R. (1901). The Wonderful Century Reader London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., published in November 1901. This was an abridged version of the 4th Edition (February 1901) of The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures, first published in 1898.
3
Not positively identified. He is probably Francis Williams (full name given in WCP5058) the Board School editor, referred to in WCP5054 (31 October 1899), in which Swan Sonnenschein & Co. first broach the possibility to ARW of producing the Supplementary Board School Reader from The Wonderful Century, part I. In WCP5056, Mr. Williams is mentioned by name as having "a very exact knowledge of the School Board requirements and the tendencies of the teachers.".

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

Please cite as “WCP5055,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5055