WCP6387

Letter (WCP6387.7384)

[1]1

William Hodge & Co[mpany]., L[imi]t[e]d.

PRINTERS & PUBLISHERS

12 Bank Street

Edinburgh

4th January, 1950

W. G. Wallace2 Esq[uire].,

61, East Avenue,

BOURNEMOUTH,

Hants. [Hampshire]

Dear Sir,

We have pleasure in enclosing our cheque for £2. 2. 0.3 being the agreed copyright fee for inclusion of extracts from THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO4 in our anthology, MEN IN THE TROPICS5. We also enclose a copy of the book and should like to thank you for giving us permission to use this material.

Yours faithfully, | for WILLIAM HODGE & COMPANY LIMITED6

[Signature illeg.]

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The letter is typewritten. The page is numbered [WP16/1/43] in pencil in the top RH corner. A note in ink in the recipient’s hand is appended at the bottom of the page: "£2-2-0 put in P[ost]. O[ffice]. S[avings]. B[ank]. Jan[uary]. 6. 1950. Ack[knowledge]d."
2
Wallace, William Greenell (1871-1951) Electrical engineer, second son and third child of ARW.
3
Two pounds and two shillings (two guineas) (£2.10).
4
Wallace, A. R. (1869) The Malay Archipelago: The Land of the Orang-utan, and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature. London, Macmillan & Co.
5
Evans, H. (Ed.) (1949) Men in the Tropics: A Colonial Anthology London, William Hodge & Co.
6
Publishers of mainly law books, offices in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh.

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

Please cite as “WCP6387,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 20 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6387