Alfred Russel Wallace 



feel the better for it. Just now I feel better than I have 

 done for a year past, having at last, I think, hit upon a 

 proper diet, though I find it very difficult to avoid eating 

 or drinking too much of what I like best. ... It is one of 

 my fads that I hate to waste anything, and it is that partly 

 which makes it so difficult for me to avoid overeating. From 

 a boy I was taught to leave no scraps on my plate, and from 

 this excellent general rule of conduct I now suifer in my old 

 age ! . . .—Yours very sincerely, Alfred E. Wallace. 



To Dr. Littledalb 

 Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. January 11, 1913. 



Dear Dr. Littledale, — Many thanks for your kind con- 

 gratulations and good wishes.' I am glad to say I feel still 

 able to jog on a few years longer in this very good world — 

 for those who can make the best of it. 



I am now suffering most from ^' eczema," which has 

 settled in my legs, so that I cannot stand or walk for any 

 length of time. Perhaps that is an outlet for something 

 worse, as I still enjoy my meals, and usually feel as well 

 as ever, though I have to be very careful as to what I eat. 

 — With best wishes for your prosperity, yours very truly, 



Alfred E. Wallace. 



To Dr. Norris 

 Old Orchard, Broadstone, Dorset. October 4, 1913. 



My dear Dr. Norris, — Except for a continuous Aveakness 

 I seem improving a little in general health, and the chronic 

 rheumatic pain in my right shoulder has almost passed away 

 in the last month (after about three years), and I can impute 

 it to nothing but about a quarter of a pint a day of Bulmer's 

 Cider ! A most agreeable medicine I 



» On his ninetieth birthday. 

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