Tropical nature, and other essays
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TROPICAL NATURE, AND OTHER ESSAYS.
BY ALFRED R. WALLACE.
AUTHOR OF “THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,” “THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS,” “CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION,” ETC., ETC.
London:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
1878.
LONDON: R. CLAY, SONS, AND TAYLOR, BREAD STREET HILL.
Land of the Sun! where joyous green-robed Spring
And leaf-crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever;
Alfred Russel Wallace
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THE TROPICS.
ENGLAND.
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
ON THE ORIGIN OF THE COLOUR-SENSE.
ON SOME RELATIONS OF LIVING THINGS TO THEIR ENVIRONMENT.
RISE AND PROGRESS OF MODERN VIEWS AS TO THE ANTIQUITY AND ORIGIN OF MAN.
Past Changes of the Great Eastern Continent.
Regions of the New World.
The Australian Region.
ERRATUM.
INDEX.
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