WCP5061

Letter (cc) (WCP5061.5535)

[1]1

19th Feb[ruary]. [1]900

Alfred R. Wallace Esq[ui]re

Dear Sir,

Many thanks for the signed agreement, duly to hand.2

We will discuss your "notes" with Mr. Williams,3 the idea of an illustrated edition of the original book4 is certainly a very good one.

Yours very truly | [no signature]

1
The letter bears no heading or signature but originates from ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co., founded in 1878 by William Swan Sonnenschein (1855-1931).
2
The agreement refers to publication of Wallace A. R. (1901). The Wonderful Century Reader London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. (see WCP5058). 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 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. 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".
4
The new edition of The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures proposed by ARW in a letter of 31 October 1900 (not found, but see WCP5179), drew a favourable response from Swan Sonnenschein (see WCP5070). It appeared as the 5th Edition in September 1903, with 107 illustrations: Wallace, A. R. (1903). The Wonderful Century; The Age of New Ideas in Science and Invention. New (Fifth Edition) "revised and largely rewritten" London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co., Ltd.

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

Please cite as “WCP5061,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5061