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WCP841

Letter (WCP841.1013)

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[in blue pencil in unknown hand] Wallace

Parkstone, Dorset.

August 2nd. 1901

Oldfield Thomas Esq.1

Dear Mr. Thomas

Will you be so good as to look over the enclosed list of Mammals of Japan (pp. 394-395 of my Island Life)2 and make any corrections or additions to bring it up to date. Should you know of any recent list of Japan Mammals &c. & will refer me to it I will get the work from the Zool. Soc. Library.

Please return proofs as soon as convenient.

yours very truly | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]

1
Thomas, Oldfield Michael Rogers (1858-1929). Assistant keeper of Mammalia at the Natural History Museum.
2
Wallace, A. R. 1895. Island life: or, the phenomena and causes of insular faunas and floras, including a revision and attempted solution of the problem of geological climates. Second and revised edition. London and New York: Macmillan and Co.

Editorial information

Status: Draft transcription [Letter (WCP841.1013)]

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Revision history

Transcribed by Moody, Liz [2012-02-24] Transcription checked by Catchpole, Caroline [2013-01-15] Transcription checked by Chua, Christine [2024-12-24]

Please cite as “WCP841,” in Beccaloni, G. W. (ed.), Ɛpsilon: The Alfred Russel Wallace Collection accessed on 5 June 2025, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/wallace/letters/WCP841