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2, ALBANY PARK ROAD,

KINGSTON -UPON-THAMES,

SURREY.

(AND AT 17, PENRHYN ROAD)

93 Copse Hill,

W. Wimbledon, London, SW. 20.

1 Nov[ember] [19]49²

W. G. Wallace³, Esq[ui]re.,

Culver Croft,

61 East Ave[nue].,

BOURNEMOUTH.

Dear Sir,

re a Book of Quotations⁴.

Thank you very much for your letter of yesterday’s date. The quotation in question is: "On a Peacock’s Feather", in Darwinism⁵ (1889), p[age]. 300. The book of quotations will be published by Williams and Norgate, Ltd., to be published in late spring or early summer, 1950; they have asked me not to voice it abroad at this early stage, and I shall therefore ^be pleased if you will treat it as confidential.

I am a great admirer of your father’s writings and of his well-known unselfishness. I might mention that this particular quotations book will concern itself especially with natural history. If there is any particular passage of his writings which you think I ought to consider more fully, please do not hesitate to let me know.

With compliments, | Yours very truly | E. F. Linssen⁶ [signature]

[Note in ink in recipient’s hand]

Not for my consent as poem is by J. H. Dell [?], see 1901 Ed[ition].

W.G.W.