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Wallace Alfred Russel, Wallace William Greenell, Waugh ?, Darwin Charles Robert, Spruce Richard, Gaborian Emil, Leroux Gaston, Doyle Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan, Benham ? |
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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his son William from Old Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 6 Nov 1908 annotated in WGW's? hand "Ref to O.M." and "lecture"; re doctor's Douglas Wood's report on William's health; sending a cheque; his own health improving; outline of lecture (for the Royal Institution) done, title to be "The World of Life: As Visualised and Interpreted by Darwinism"; wooden fence almost finished; proofs of index to Spruce book ( "Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes" by Richard Spruce, ed. and condensed by A. R. Wallace, Dec. 1908) only just arrived, six weeks after mss sent, so publication of book may be delayed; reading "The Yellow Room", in the style of Gaborian, not as good as Sherlock Holmes; has decided O.M. means "Old Man"; sending book ("My Life"?) to Benham today. Place: Broadstone Dorset England Notes: OLD REF Letters re R I lecture and Medals 1908 and 1909: WP1/19/11/2 |
