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WCP5065

Letter (cc) (WCP5065.5539)

[1]1

1st June [1]900

D[octo]r. A. R. Wallace.

Dear Sir,

We now have the whole of your book in [1 word illeg.], & [MS blotted] illustrations Mr. Williams2 has [MS blotted] or had drawn ready. May Mr. Williams pay you a visit next Wednesday, to submit the whole to you, & take your instructions as to most points? He could be with you at 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, or on Thursday, if that would be more convenient to you.

Yours very truly | [no signature]

1
The letter is stamped "749"[?] and 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
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: 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. 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.".

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP5065.5539)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP5065,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5065