WP - The Alfred Russel Wallace Correspondence Project

WP1/1/196 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from Old
Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 28 Oct 1908 annotated
in WGW's? hand ''Lecture at R.S. Jubilee''; re sending a copy of
the ''Life'' (''My Life, A Record of Events and Opinions'', abridged
one volume edition), Mr Waugh disappointed at small number
taken by booksellers, 2 volume edition (1905) still being sold;
invitation from the RI (Royal Institution of Great Britain) to give
an evening lecture at the Jubilee of the ''Origin of Species'' next
January, initially reluctant but now has some new ideas and has
accepted provisionally, Crookes (Honorary Secretary) has offered
to read on his behalf if necessary.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Crookes, Sir William, knight, 1832-1919
Waugh, ? fl 1907
Place: Broadstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re R I lecture and Medals 1908 and
1909: WP1/19/11/1
WP1/1/197 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from Old
Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 6 Nov 1908 annotated
in WGW's? hand ''Ref to O.M.'' and ''lecture''; re doctor's Douglas
Wood's report on William's health; sending a cheque; his own
health improving; outline of lecture (for the Royal Institution)
done, title to be ''The World of Life: As Visualised and Interpreted
by Darwinism''; wooden fence almost finished; proofs of index to
Spruce book ( ''Notes of a Botanist on the Amazon and Andes'' by
Richard Spruce, ed. and condensed by Alfred Russel Wallace,
Dec. 1908) only just arrived, six weeks after mss sent, so
publication of book may be delayed; reading ''The Yellow Room'',
in the style of Gaborian, not as good as Sherlock Holmes; has
decided O.M. means ''Old Man''; sending book (''My Life''?) to
Benham today.
Name: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
Wallace, William Greenell, born 1871
Waugh, ? fl 1907
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882
Spruce, Richard, 1817-1893
Gaborian, Emil, fl 1890
Leroux, Gaston , died 1927
Doyle, Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan, knight, 1859-1930
Benham, ?, fl 1908
Place: Broadstone Dorset England
Notes: OLD REF Letters re R I lecture and Medals 1908 and
1909: WP1/19/11/2
WP1/1/198 Letters to William Greenell Wallace
Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to his son William from Old
Orchard, Broadstone, Wimborne (Dorset), 2 Dec 1908 annotated
in WGW's? hand ''Lecture | Medals'' and '' O M | V''? re request
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28 Oct 1908
6 Nov 1908
2 Dec 1908
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