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12 letters 1889-1899 from readers of books by A. R. Wallace, most annotated in his hand, and related papers, comprising:. 1. Letter from Frederick Simon, London 15 May 1899. 2. Letter from R C A Prior, London 1 Jun 1889. 3. Letter from J? Muswell? Seale?, Bedford, 3 Oct 1889, 4 ff.. 4. Letter from Miss Margaret Benson, Croydon, 30 Jan 1890, 3 ff. 5. Letter from E B Titchener, Oxford, 27 Jan 1890 enclosing 9 pages of specific corrections, on A. R. Wallace's books 'Darwinism…' (1889) and 'Natural Selection and tropical nature: Essays..' (1891) particularly on subject of sexual selection; some annotations in A. R. Wallace's? WGW's? hand; rough plans of a house in pencil in A. R. Wallace's hand on back of letter. 6. Letter from James Sibree, London, 3 Mar 1892. 7. Letter from A B Meyer, Dresden, 6 Nov 1892. 8. Letter from J Jenner Weir, Beckenham, Kent, 30 Dec 1892, 2 ff. 9. Letter from Charles M Woodford, Epsom, 3 Jan 1893, 2 ff. 10. Letter from J Jenner Weir, Beckenham, Kent, 22 Jan 1893. 11. Letter from J S Martin, Trichinopoly, Ceylon, 13 Sep 1896. 12. W Storrs Fox, Bakewell, 21 Jan 1899. 13. Press cutting, undated, by Alexander H Japp on A. R. Wallace's views on sexual selection headlined "Bird-songs, bird-mating and other mating" from magazine or magazine section titled "Out and Home", pp. 27-30, 2 ff. 14. Undated note (1890?) in A. R. Wallace's hand beginning "Darwinism p. 285 | Miss Benson of Addington park, Croydon, informs me..." 15. Undated note in A. R. Wallace's hand headed "patterns that cannot be due to sexual selection" with notes on patterns of shells, larvae and Actinozoa Notes: Only names already in the Idealist database name authority file at 23 Dec 2003 have been entered in the name fields. |
