WCP5491

[1]

The Dell, Grays, Essex.

Dec^r. 10th. 1872

Dear Mr. Kirby

I cannot undertake to look over your MSS. having quite as much work of a literary nature as I can get in with.

A brief and popular yet accurate statement of the Theory of Evolution with plenty of easy illustrations is wanted, & if your essay can be made to answer such a purpose I have no [2] doubt you will find a publisher for it.

Thanks for your paper on Distribution. I wish you had worked out the Distribution of Butterflies in detail on their own merits. That would have been far more useful than comparing them with Birds, — & the numerical [3] comparisons are of little value & often I fear quite fallacious.

Believe me | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]