WCP787

Letter (WCP787.959)

[1]1

DOWN,

BECKENHAM, KENT.

RAILWAY STATION

ORPINGTON. S.E.R.

Dec 28. 75

My dear Wallace

I am very glad that you will attend,2 as it seems to me an occasion when every man of science should help another. You will be able to return at night, as Lankester3 will be the first man balloted [sic] for. I hope you are getting nearly to the end of your work.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin4 [signature]

1
The letter was written in the hand of Emma Darwin and signed by Darwin.
2
CD had asked Wallace to attend a meeting of the Linnean Society on 3 February 1876 in order to support Edwin Ray Lankester’s second attempt to be elected a fellow of the society (see letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 December 1875). Wallace’s letter has not been found. (DCP)
3
Lankester, Edwin Ray ("Ray") (1847-1929). British zoologist.
4
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP787.959)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Catchpole, Caroline [2012-07-20] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Transcription (WCP787.4122)

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Wallace. 681

161

68. From C. Darwin to A. R. Wallace.2

Down, Beckenham, Kent.

Dec. 28th. 1875

My dear Wallace

I am very glad that you will attend,3 as it seems to me an occasion when every man of science should help another. You will be able to return at night, as Lankester4 will be the first man balloted for. I hope you are getting nearly to the end of your work.

Yours very sincerely | Ch. Darwin5

1
Annotation by archivist.
2
Annotation by archivist.
3
CD had asked Wallace to attend a meeting of the Linnean Society on 3 February 1876 in order to support Edwin Ray Lankester’s second attempt to be elected a fellow of the society (see letter to A. R. Wallace, 23 December 1875). Wallace’s letter has not been found. (DCP)
4
Lankester, Edwin Ray ("Ray") (1847-1929). British zoologist.
5
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882). British naturalist, geologist and author, notably of On the Origin of Species (1859).

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Transcription (WCP787.4122)]

For more information about the transcriptions and metadata, see https://wallaceletters.myspecies.info/content/epsilon

Revision history

Transcribed by Bashforth, Emma [2018-08-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP787,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP787