WCP6808

Letter (WCP6808.7880)

[1]

[Blackheath Park,

Kent]

July 12 [1870]1

Dear Sir

Did you leave a copy of Mr Herbert Spencer's2 book on Education3 here? If so, I will return it to you. But if the copy we have found is not yours, [2] do not trouble yourself to write as I shall take not hearing from you as a sign that the ownership is to be looked for elsewhere.

I am Dear Sir | yours very truly | J. S. Mill [signature]

A. R. Wallace Esq.

1
The address and possible year date are based on the published version of this letter See WCP6313.7307, J. S. Mill to ARW, 12 July [1870]. See also Wallace, A. R. 1905. My Life. A Record of Events and Opinions. London: Chapman & Hall. 2. [p. 236].
2
Spencer, Herbert (1820-1903). British philosopher, sociologist, and prominent classical liberal political theorist.
3
Spencer, H. 1861. Education: intellectual, moral and physical. London: Williams & Norgate.

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Transcribed by Congerton, John [2020-03-26] Transcription checked by Lucas, Paula [2022-07-19]

Please cite as “WCP6808,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP6808