WCP5241

Published letter (WCP5241.5768)

[1]1 [p. 228]

As evidence of the merits of the pamphlet, we cannot do better than draw attention to the following eulogium by Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace, written in a letter to the author:—

"Thank you very much for sending "The Westminster" with your splendid article on the Vaccination Question. It is, without any exception, the clearest and most forcible exposure of the delusion I have ever read, and I am exceedingly pleased that my paper on the subject was the means of converting you.

"You have done what I thought was almost impossible: made the subject intelligible to any intelligent person, and also by your excellent arrangement, your telling illustrations, your forcible and clear-cut argument, and lastly, your really brilliant style, made it not only easy, but pleasant and even amusing reading."...

Editor Charles H. Smith's Note: A section of a short article on Ernest McCormick's pamphlet Is Vaccination a Disastrous Delusion?, including some comments by Wallace. Printed on page 228 of the 1 February 1910 issue of the Vaccination Inquirer.

Please cite as “WCP5241,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 19 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP5241