WCP6729

Published letter (WCP6729.7782)

[1] [p. 7]

of the Bedford Level photographed?" And on Messrs. Black advertising a new edition of the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," with the persecutor’s name as one of the contributors, the defendant wrote:-"I have felt it my duty to suggest to the publishers of the new edition of the ‘Encyclopaedia’ that the admission of articles from convicted thieves and swindlers cannot possibly do them or their work any credit, and offered to furnish them with proofs." On another post card he wrote:-

Published letter (WCP6729.7783)

[1] [p. 7]

2[4?]th July, 1874

SIR,-I have felt it my duty to suggest to the publishers of the "Encyclopaedia" that the admission of articles from convicted thieves and swindlers cannot possibly do them or their work any credit, and offered to furnish them with proofs.-J[ohn] H[ampdes].

Please cite as “WCP6729,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6729