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WCP808

Letter (WCP808.980)

[1]

Nutwood Cottage, Frith Hill, Godalming

Decr. 2nd 1881

Dear Sir1

In reply to yours of Novr. 29th,2 I beg to say that my knowledge of comparative anatomy is of the slightest, it being a subject I have never studied or written upon. Professor Flower3 or Mr. St. George Mivart4 are the persons you should apply to for such an article as you require.

Believe me | yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

Walter R. Browne Esq.

1
Browne, Walter Raleigh (1841-1884). Engineer and religious writer. Founding member of the Society for Psychical Research, 1882. Lecturer for the Christian Evidence Society.
2
The letter has not been found.
3
Flower, William Henry (1831-1899). British comparative anatomist and surgeon and a leading authority on mammals, and especially on the primate brain.
4
Mivart, St. George Jackson (1827-1900). British physician, zoologist and Roman Catholic polemicist.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP808.980)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Merry, Sarah [2012-09-19] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP808,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP808