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(Alfred Russel, naturalist, evolutionary theorist, and social critic, 1823-1913) 2 Autograph Letters signed to T.F. Walker, 7pp., 8vo, Frith Hill, Godalming, 24th February & 4th March 1883, on the subject of Land Nationalisation, "Mr. Parker has sent me your letter to him in which I note you object to any 'special scheme' being insisted on in branches of the L[and] N[ationalisation] Society. I have, fortunately, hit upon scheme which commends itself to a large body of reformers as eminently practicable as well as just. If you, or any other person or body can improve upon it, none will welcome such improvements more heartily than I shall, but I positively decline to go back into the chaos of crude suggestions which repelled every clear thinker (even such men as J.S. Mill) and made them regretfully put Nationalisation aside as a beautiful but impracticable ideal," folds, slightly foxed; and a letter from Robert William Dale (1829-95), Congregational Minister; on land tenure, v.s., v.d. (3). *** "In Land Nationalisation (1882) Wallace proposed planning strategies such as green belts and the legislated protection of rural lands and historic monuments; in this work he also developed elaborate plans for the divestiture of large land holdings (including a compensation programme for landlords) and the subsequent monitoring of state-owned properties. His concern with the ownership and distribution of land, and with social geography, drew in part on his experiences in early life, when he worked as a surveyor." - Oxford DNB.