P.S. Although many people knew of my intimacy with your father and I am mentioned and I am mentioned by name in his "Life" yet the greater world to whom Mr. Marchant's book will appeal may quite properly ask "Who is Mr Rowland Estcourt"? I am aware that I am a man of no importance and therefore in connection with this work Mr Marchant might like to be able to use the following, written from Old Orchard under date April 20 1912 in a letter of introduction to this country.
"I have known Mr Rowland Estcourt for 30 years. He is a man of exceptional abilities, wide experience of life and liberal views."
Alfred R. Wallace
O.M. F.R.S. D.C.L. (Oxon) L.L.D. (Dubn)
You may be sure that I have not parted with the original.
R. E. [signature]
Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP7122.8246)]
For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon
Please cite as “WCP7122,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 29 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP7122