WCP5067

Letter (cc) (WCP5067.5541)

[1]1

10 Oct[ober] [1]900

Dr. A R. Wallace.

Dear Sir,

The proofs of the Reader2 were sent to you precisely as made up by Mr. Williams,3 who alone selected the illustrations, all of which, we understood, were approved by you. We have endeavoured to arrange the matter as achieved[?] by you, & see to the missing illustrations; but have failed, so have sent the proofs with your letter & list on to Mr. Williams, who is still in America, asking him to give the matter his early attention.

We are, dear Sir | Yours very truly | [no signature]

1
The letter is stamped "606" and bears no heading, but originates from ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 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. 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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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP5067,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5067