From A. R. Wallace [after 20 August 1862]1
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I have only the 1st. Edition of the “Origin”— I suppose the one you kindly sent to Singapore must have reached after I left & they did not think it worth while to return it.2 I should be much pleased to have the 3rd. Edn.3
I have never considered the Ostriches to have any real connection with Mammals,4 & should imagine ⟨half a page excised⟩ difficult ⟨3 words excised⟩ of anomalous semiaquatic animals which should easily admit of modification into these three forms.—
I find myself very delicate & dread the winter, as I have been suffering here from inflamation of the pleura, & bad cough through a little exposure to night air.
I remain | My dear Mr Darwin | Yours very faithfully | Alfred R. Wallace
C. Darwin Esq.
CD annotations
Footnotes
Bibliography
Correspondence: The correspondence of Charles Darwin. Edited by Frederick Burkhardt et al. 29 vols to date. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1985–.
Origin: On the origin of species by means of natural selection, or the preservation of favoured races in the struggle for life. By Charles Darwin. London: John Murray. 1859.
Wallace, Alfred Russel. 1905. My life: a record of events and opinions. 2 vols. London: Chapman & Hall.
Summary
Would be pleased to have third edition of Origin.
Is unwell and dreads the winter.
Letter details
- Letter no.
- DCP-LETT-3694
- From
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- To
- Charles Robert Darwin
- Sent from
- unstated
- Source of text
- DAR 181
- Physical description
- ALS 2pp inc †
Please cite as
Darwin Correspondence Project, “Letter no. 3694,” accessed on 24 April 2024, https://www.darwinproject.ac.uk/letter/?docId=letters/DCP-LETT-3694.xml
Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 10
