WCP6335

Letter (WCP6335.7329)

[1]1

Southsea

[Hampshire]

Nov[ember] 7. 1883

My dear Mrs Wallace2,

Your letter has been forwarded to me here, where I am staying with the Charles Macaulays. I go up to town tomorrow but cannot stop with you on my way as I had [2] intended because I am bringing two of Mrs Heriot’s children up to town[.]

Thank you so much for all the trouble you have taken about the linen. I agree with you that it is better to go to the Stores, & I have made up my mind to wait for the present, as now D[octo]r. Fisher3 is going to begin to look out [3] for a house, & he might possibly take a house with everything in it, or part of what we want in it, so I shall wait until I know exactly what I want.

You will be very busy in town — If it is any convenience for you to come in and lunch with us at one o’clock any day mind you do so; but I know [4]4 that often it is more plague than profit when you are busy —

I hope Mr. Wallace is well. I am coming some time before Xmas to learn to make cakes!

Yours in haste | Arabella B Buckley5 [signature]

1
The letter is written on black-bordered mourning paper. The page is numbered [WP1/4/17] in pencil in the top RH corner.
2
Wallace, Annie (née Mitten) (1846-1914), ARW’s wife.
3
The author was engaged to be married to Dr Fisher (formerly of New Zealand) an old friend and the father of an acquaintance in Southsea, Mrs Heriot. They were married in 1884.
4
"[olD Ref WP2/1/14]" is written in pencil in the bottom LH corner of the page.
5
Buckley, Arabella Burton (1840-1929) British writer and science educator. She was secretary to Charles Lyell until his death in 1875, then began lecturing and writing on science. After her marriage she was known as Mrs Fisher, but continued publishing under her maiden name, Buckley.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP6335.7329)]

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Revision history

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

Please cite as “WCP6335,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6335