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previous letter. (in envelope from Hamer & Co when listed).
8. 1906? Stamped envelope, postmark year illegible, addressed to
Alfred Russel Wallace at Broadstone, labelled on the back in
WGW's? hand ''Skertchley [sic] - Letters Criticisms &c &c'' and
on the front and back, crossed out, ''Hamer & co, Welsh Mutton
&c Bills''; when listed this contained some of the Skertchly letters,
an apparently unrelated printed review of Alfred Russel Wallace's
''Darwinism…'' by J A Thomson and a reprint of a letter by Alfred
Russel Wallace c. 1867 on the feeding habits of birds and
caterpillars.
9. 1906? ''Dream Gardens '' by ''Duan Utan'' (Sydney Skertchly?)
from Journ. Hort. Aust. vol I, (1906) p. 50; Ms copy possibly
made at a later date, in Skertchly's hand, seven folios; envelope
annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's? WGW's? hand ''Skertchley's
[sic] 'Dream Gardens' a delightful rhapsody, of memoirs of
'Gardens' in many lands.''
Name: Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah, 1850 –1926
Place: Australia
Notes: Sketch by ''Duan Utan'' was earlier assigned to series of
works by writers other than Alfred Russel Wallace and appended
to this item 21 Jan 2004. PJL
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