| Description | Mss and print on ethical issues c. 1873-1911 in paper cover labelled [in William Greenell Wallace's or Alfred Russel Wallace's hand] 'Letters on Ethical Questions', comprising:
1. [1873] Press cutting, letter to the Editor, 'Daily News' headed 'The evils of the drink traffic and their remedy' annotated at the top in ink in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand '[date 1873]' and 'A.R.W.'
2. 1887. 03.05 Press cutting from 'The Banner of Light' 5 Mar 1887, letter to the Editor headed 'Letter from Dr. Alfred R. Wallace in Re Mr. Ross', from Alfred Russel Wallace 'Washington D.C. Feb 23rd 1887' annotated (or signed) at the top in Alfred Russel Wallace's or William Greenell Wallace's hand 'A.R. Wallace'; re allegations by Prof. James of deception at a seance given by Mr Ross.
3. [1894] Ms in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand headed 'Economic and Social Justice', 42 numbered folios exercise book paper written on one side only, annotated in pencil [in another hand] with page numbers from 278-319, annotated in an unknown hand on first page in pencil 'Baldry', annotated on back of last page in an unknown hand in ink 'Corrected proof Return[ed] to A.D. Innes esq 31 &32 Bedford Street Strand' and in pencil [in William Greenell Wallace's or Alfred Russel Wallace's hand] 'Mss Economic & Social Justice'. (Published in April 1894 in Vox Clamantium; The Gospel of the People pp. 166-197; See Smith: S498)
4. 1898 'Spiritualism and Social Duty' by Alfred Russel Wallace; pamphlet, reprint from 'Light' of his address to the International Congress of Spiritualists, 23 Jun 1898. See WP7/81 for another copy.
5. 1898 'Justice, not Charity, as the fundamental principle of social reform' small pamphlet printed for private circulation, 14 pp plus front and back matter.
6. [1911] 'New Thoughts on Evolution, being the views of [Alfred Russel Wallace] as gathered in an interview by Harold Begbie', re the possibility of Creation not being inconsistent with Evolution; reprint from 'The Daily Chronicle', small pamphlet with red cover, no date (originally published in the Daily Chronicle Nov 1910, see Shermer p. 388)
Notes: Cover made from blue paper blank on one side and red-lined on the other with printed divisions into two geographical regions (Australian and Indian) further divided into island groups [page of a collection register]. Two items assumed to be misfiled were removed and relocated: letter to Daily News re flying machines in war (see papers on this specific topic in WP ) and reprint 'The Palaearctic and Nearctic . . . Mammalia and Birds' (see WP7/72 ). It is possible some or all of the papers above are not those originally in the titled cover, which may have been created by William Greenell Wallace, as not all are letters, but all more or less fit the category.
Subject: Ethics |