WCP5073

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).

See WCP5181. This letter is presumed lost or does not survive.

A new book proposed by ARW in a letter of 31 October 1900 (not found but see WCP5179), referred to in WCP5074, as "a revised and enlarged edition of The Wonderful Century" drew a favourable response from Swan Sonnenschein, who invited ARW to make any desired amendments to the existing agreement governing publication of Wallace A. R. (1898). The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. (see WCP5070). It appeared as the 5^th 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. The "old agreement" refers to that in place for publication of the current, probably 4^th, edition of The Wonderful Century (1^st ed. June 1898; 2^nd ed. Dec. 1898; 3^rd ed. May 1899; 4^th ed. Feb. 1901).