WCP5082

Letter (cc) (WCP5082.5560)

[1]1

16th May [1]901

Dear Sir,

We have just received the enclosed note from Messs. Ballantyne Hanson & Co.2 and shall be glad to know whether you are able to fix any date for the return of the proofs, or whether the matter must still lie over —

Yours very truly | [illeg. initials]

Dr A. R. Wallace

1
The page is stamped "996" and the letter bears no heading, but originates from ARW’s London publisher Swan Sonnenschein & Co., founded in 1878 by William Swan Sonnenschein (1855-1931).
2
The Scottish firm Ballantyne Hanson & Co. appear to be the printers of Wallace A. R. (1901). The Wonderful Century Reader London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. (see WCP5136). This was an abridged version of the 4th edition (February 1901) of The Wonderful Century; Its Successes and Its Failures, first published in 1898.

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Status: Draft transcription [Letter (cc) (WCP5082.5560)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP5082,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 11 May 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5082