The Wallace-Darwin Correspondence 



Down, Bromley, Kent, S.E. July 6, 1867. 



My dear Wallace, — I am very much obliged for your 

 article on Mimicry/ the whole of which I have read with 

 the greatest interest. You certainly have the art of put- 

 ting your ideas with remarkable force and clearness; now 

 that I am slaving over proof-sheets it makes me almost 

 envious. 



I have been particularly glad to read about the birds^ 

 nests, and I must procure the Intellectual 01) server; but 

 the point which I think struck me most was about its 

 being of no use to the Heliconias to acquire in a slight 

 degree a disagreeable taste. What a curious case is that 

 about the coral snakes. The summary, and indeed the 

 whole, is excellent, and I have enjoyed it much. — With 

 many thanks, yours very sincerely, qh^ Darwin. 



9 St. Mark's Crescent, N. W, ■ 



Wednesday, [August or September, 1867]. 



Dear Darwin, — I am very sorry I was out when you 

 called yesterday. I had just gone to the Zoological 

 Gardens, and I met Sir 0. Lyell, who told me you were 

 in town. 



If you should have time to go to Bayswater, I think 

 you would be pleased to see the collections which I have 

 displayed there in the form of an exMHtion (though the 

 public will not go to see it). 



If you can go, with any friends, I should like to meet 

 you there if you can appoint a time. 



I am glad to find you continue in tolerable health. — 

 Believe me yours very faithfully, Alfred R. Wallace. 



What do you think of the Duke of Argyll's criticisms, 



1 Westminster Review, July, 1867. 

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