| Name: |
Birch Frederick R, Wallace Alfred Russel, May ?, Donne John, Thoreau Henry David, Emerson Ralph Waldo, Rodway ?, Mill John Stuart, Sparrow Walter S, New Age The |
| Description: |
Letter from Fred Birch to A. R. Wallace from Theophilo Ottoni, Brazil, 5 May 1910 with rough ink sketch of a Zeonia butterfly at the top of first page and of Nymphalinae butterfly at the bottom of the last page. Re delay in leaving Brazil due to photographing local families, problems of portrait photograph; reconsidering move (to British Guiana), correspondence with Mr May and Mr Rodway of Georgetown, Barbados, recent changes in laws on immigration into British colonies, possibility of going to Victoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil as living cheaper and postal service more reliable than in Rio state; nature of entomologists, not all collectors lovers of nature, quotes a John Donne verse (probably as quoted in "Walden" by Thoreau) and Emerson on man and nature; collection for Prof Poulton now complete; recent collections of moths and butterflies including an unknown moth and probable Zeonia and a Nymphalinae butterflies (all described in some detail); long local drought affecting crops and food prices; gardening; asks for news of British parliament and budget; unemployment relief, have Mr Mill's (J S Mill?) and A. R. Wallace's schemes been tried; asks for copies of "Intensive Culture" published by the "Clarion" and "New Age" article on "The Art of homemaking" by Walter S Sparrow. Place: Barbados Caribbean Islands Brazil British Guiana Notes: 1 folio. This was in the same envelope as letter dated 14 Feb 1910 -see WP1/6/3 |
