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Letter from A. R. Wallace to his daughter Violet, from Parkstone, Dorset 25 Sep 1894 re the delights of Switzerland; visit by Dr and Mrs Wigglesworth, daughter of H H Higgins, from Liverpool, Dr W recently stabbed by a patient at the lunatic asylum, description of incident and surgery on his severed carotid artery; alpine plants collected for A. R. Wallace by Clement Reid delayed in post and some dead; A. R. Wallace writing an article on "some Darwinian heresies" for the "Fortnightly" and about to write another on "The expressiveness of speech"; plans to view Mars with his telescope; William (Violet's brother) back in Newcastle. Place: Dorset England |
