WCP98

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Broadstone, Wimborne,

Nov^r. 13^rd.[sic] 1904

My dear Will¹

If you know any Socialists in M -^, or there is any Socialist Club or bookseller will you enquire if the Cosme Colony in Paraguay is still running, and if they have any recent Reports &c. send me two or three. There used to be an Agent of the Colony in M — I wrote to Luthers[?] of the Clarion, & he sent me the address, but no name & my letter has been returned to me — "Gone, no address." I [2] want to write for some plants for me & Marshall. They once said they had a botanist who collected.

I enclose ad. of a good edition of Borrow’s "Bible in Spain." When you pass there see if the Man has got it & if in good order buy it for me, & bring it on at ‘Xmas.

No special news. I am grinding away at the Life² — Have got the Will of George Wallace my great-uncle. He was a gardener! Miss Roberts’ grandfather & [3] grandmother were witnesses to the Will and my father was executor.

We are now discussing an improvement of the house, to get more light to the stairs & Hall, & two more rooms in the roof. To get free access to the rooms in the roof it will be necessary to block up most of the ^top stair-opening where the glass is [a sketch of the design appears here]. Then V³. proposes to pull down the wall at top of stairs throwing open the little room clear to the bow window, which will give a better light than the present double skylights. V — thinks it will be necessary to [4] raise that window 3 ~ 4 feet & take away the ceiling of the little room, but that will involve pulling the roof about so much as to be very expensive. The other can be done first & see what light it gives.

When you come we will consult on it.

Your affectionate Pa | Alfred R. Wallace [signature]