| Name: |
Wallace Alfred Russel, Bates Henry Walter, Spry William J, Darwin Charles Robert, Lyell Sir Charles, Humboldt Alexander von Baron, Kirby William, Spence William |
| Description: |
Letter from A. R. Wallace to Mr Bates, at Leicester, from Neath, 11 Apr 1846 re exchanging monthly lists of (insect) captures; plan to keep a journal recording natural history captures with location, time and notes; periodical appearance of insects; meteorology; lists coleoptera taken in March 1846; opinion of the writing of Lyell, Darwin and Humboldt; Kirby and Spencer's entomology; Spry's figures; lack of natural historians and books in Neath. Place: England Neath Glamorganshire Wales Leiceste Notes: Letter no in contents list: 9. The year is given in the list, incorrectly, as 1845. |
