INDEX
A
"Acclimatisation," Wallace's article on, ii. [11]
Acquired characters, non-inheritance of (see Non-inheritance)
Africa, flora of, i. 309
Agassiz, Louis, attacks Darwin's "Origin of Species," i. 142;
glacial theories of, 176;
on diversity of human races, ii. [28]
Alexandria, Wallace at, i. 45-7
Allbutt, Sir Clifford, theory of generation, i. 214
Allen, Charles (Wallace's assistant), i. 39, 40, 46, 48, 49, 51, 53, 54, 60, 79
—— Grant, on origin of wheat, ii. [46];
Wallace and, [219]
Alpine plants, i. 210, 311
Amazon and Rio Negro, Wallace's exploration of, i. 26-30
Amboyna, Wallace at, i. 106
America, Wallace's lecture tour in, ii. [14]
"Anatomy of Expression," Bell's, i. 182
"Ancient Britain and the Invasions of Julius Cæsar," Holmes's, ii. [86]
Angræcum sesquipedale, i. 189 (note)
Animals and plants, distribution of, Darwin's views, i. 131
"—— —— under Domestication," i. 112
—— geographical distribution of, i. 94, 136;
migration of, Lyell's theory, ii. [19]
"Antarctic Voyage," Scott's, ii. [82]
"Anthropology," Tyler's, Wallace's review of, ii. [65];
his interest in, [231] et seq.
Antiseptic treatment, medical opposition to, ii. [241]
Ants, instincts of, i. 279
Apis testacea, i. 146
Archebiosis, i. 274-6
Argus pheasant, i. 230, 289, 292
Argyll, Duke of, i. 189, 313, 315, ii. [23];
his theory of flight, [25]-7
Arnold, Matthew, on Darwin's theory, ii. [228]
Aru Islands, distribution of animals in, i. 132;
productions of, 161
—— pig, i. 160, 161, 162
Astronomy, Wallace's works on, ii. [167] et seq.;
lectures at Davos on, [168]
"Australasia," Wallace's, i. 42
Australia, fauna and flora of, ii. [10],[20], [32]-3
—— Wallace invited to lecture in, ii. [155]
Avebury, Lord, i. 122, 137, 164;
signs memorial to City Corporation in Wallace's favour, 303;
and the Civil List pension to Wallace, 305
—— letter from, on Wallace's biography, and Spiritualism, ii. [212]
Azores, birds of, i. 138;
orchids of, 311
B
"Bad Times," Wallace's, ii. [109], [143]
Baer, von, ii. [96]
Bahamas, flora of, ii. [33]
Baker, J.G., on alpine plants of Madagascar, i. 311-12
Balfour, Francis, i. 315
Bali, fauna of, ii. [19]-20
Ball, Sir Robert, on solar nebula, ii. [174]
"Barnacles," Darwin's, ii. [2]
Barrett, Sir W.F., paper on "Phenomena associated with Abnormal Conditions
of the Mind," ii. [195];
on Wallace as lecturer, [201];
inquiry into dowsing, etc., [205];
invites Wallace's criticism of "Creative Thought," [212];
last visit to Wallace, [248]-9
—— letters from: on Presidency of Psychical Research Society,
ii. [210]-11;
on a Supreme Directive Power, [213]-14
Bartlett, on colouring of male birds, i. 302
Bates, F., i. 69
—— H.W., i. 24, 25;
explores the Amazon, 26-30
—— —— letter from, on "Law regulating Introduction of New
Species," i. 64
Bates's caterpillar, i. 178, 253
Bateson, Prof., Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyerson, ii. [91]
—— "Material for Study of Variation," ii. [60]-1
Bats, fruit-eating, i. 57
Beagle, Darwin's voyage in the, i. 19, 31, 32, 33, 43
"———, Voyage of the," i. 31, 32, 34, ii. [2]
Bee's cell, Prof. Haughton's paper on the, i. 148
Bees' combs, i. 135;
a honeycomb from Timor, 143, 146
Beetles, Darwin's zeal for collecting, i. 18;
Wallace's study of, 24;
South American, 30;
Wallace's collection of, 38, 114
"Beginnings of Life," Bastian's, i. 274
Bell, Sir C., i. 182
Belt, Mr., glacial theory of, i. 298
Bendyshe, Mr., i. 165
Bennett, A.W., i. 253
Bentham, G., i. 219
Bergson, Wallace on, ii. [98]
Bermuda, birds of, i. 138
Best, Miss Dora, letter to, on Welsh offer of a degree to Wallace, ii. [222]
Biology and geographical distribution, Wallace's works on, ii. [1]-17;
correspondence on, [18]-[102]
—— "Grand Old Men" of, ii. [12] (note)
Birch, Mr. F., ii. [177], [223]-4
Bird of paradise, i. 41, 44, 238, 261
Birds, flight of, i. 145-6, ii. [25] et seq.;
colour problem of, i. 184, 185, 212, 226-9, 230, 252, 289 (note), 302;
polygamous, 194, 199;
migration of, ii. [19], [20];
instincts of, [54]
Birds' nests, i. 134, 191, 212, 213, 252
"—— —— and Plumage," Wallace's, i. 191
"—— —— Philosophy of," Wallace's, i. 212, ii. [6], [8]
Blackbird, crested, i. 163
Blainville, D., i. 162
Blandford, H.F., i. 290
Blood relationship, Galton on, i. 277
Blyth, E., i. 132
Blytt, Axel, essay on plants of Scandinavia, i. 293
Borneo, Wallace's collections from, i. 61;
cave exploration, 152
—— Company, i. 38, 39, 40
Boston (U.S.A.), Wallace's lectures at, ii. [15]
Botany, Darwin's study of, at Cambridge, i. 17;
Wallace's study of, 20, 21, ii. [106]
"——, Elements of," Lindley's, i. 21
Brazil, Wallace's explorations in, i. 29
Bree, Dr., i. 271 (note), 272-3
British Museum, original of Wallace letter in, i. 73
Broadstone, funeral of Wallace at, ii. [252]
Bronn, H.G., translates "Origin of Species" into German, i. 141
Brooke, Capt., i 52
—— H. Jamyn, ii. [175]
—— Sir James, i. 39, 52, 59-60, 152, 238
Bruce-Joy, Mr., portrait-medallion of Wallace, ii. [122], [254]
Buckle, Rev. G., article by, on Lyell's "Principles," i. 232
Buckley, Miss (Mrs. Fisher), i. 260, 264, 313, 316, 319, ii. [40], [89], [90];
reviews "Descent of Man," i. 264
Budd, Dr. Richard, ii. [58]
Buffon and Evolution, i. 1
Buru, Wallace's collection of birds from, ii. [3]
Bustards, i. 146
Butler, Samuel, "Life and Habit," ii. [102]
Butterflies, Wallace's study of, i. 24;
of South America, 30;
of Malay Archipelago, 41-2;
protective adaptation of, 140;
variation and distribution of, 149;
mimetic, 167, 168, 176, 178, 189 (note), 200, 213, 217, 224, 254, 300;
sexual selection of, 179, 260 (note);
flight of, ii, [26]
C
Cambridge, Darwin at, i. 16, 17
—— Philosophical Society, attacks on "Origin of Species" at, i. 142
Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry, ii. [146]
Carbon, deposits of, i. 298
Carlyle, Thomas, ii. [228]
Carpenter, Dr., his controversies with Wallace, ii. [195], [198]
Carroll, Lewis, Wallace's quotations from, ii. [105]
Casuarius, query from Darwin on, i. 239
Caterpillars, colouring of, i. 178, 179, 183, 236, 260, 270, 299
Celebes, i. 138, 237, 289;
geological distribution in, 168
"Cessation of selection," ii. [52]
Chambers, Robert, i. 114, 116, 244
Child's "Root Principles," ii. [83]
Clairvoyance, ii. [200], [208], [211]. (See also Spiritualism)
Claparède, critique of, on Wallace's "Natural Selection," i. 253, 254
Clarke, Prof., attacks Darwin at Cambridge Philosophical Society, i. 142
Clarkson, Thomas, ii. [225]
Cleistogamic flowers, i. 298
Climates, geological, Wallace's theory of, i. 306
Climatic conditions, plants and, i. 130
"Climbing Plants, Movements and Habits of," Darwin's, i, 285, ii. [2]
Coal, export duties on, Wallace's view of, ii. [250]
Cockerell, Sydney C., ii. [161]
—— Theo. D.A., ii. [49];
and the Darwin Celebration at Cambridge, [226];
first personal relations with Wallace, [233]-5
"Coleoptera Atlantidum," Wollaston's, ii. [22]-3
"Colin Clout's Calendar," ii. [46]
Coloration, protective, i. 156, 177, 178-9, 181, 183, 184, 185-6,
201, 220, 221, 224 et seq., 260, 270, 298, ii. [4], [11],
[85]. (See also Protection, Mimicry)
Colour-adaptability, ii. [56]
Confucius, Wallace's appreciation of, ii. [152]
Conscience, evolution of, i. 263
"Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection," Wallace's, i. 94, 250, 252, ii. [5], [6]
Cooke, Kate, medium, ii. [193], [194], [195]
Co-operation, Wallace on, ii. [151]-2
Cope, E.D., ii. [47]
Copley Medals awarded to Wallace, ii. [128], [222]
Coral islands, Lyell on, ii. [22]
"—— Reefs," Darwin's, ii. [2]
—— snakes, i. 187
Crawford, Marion, one of Wallace's favourite authors, ii. [131]
"Creation by Law," Wallace's article on, i. 188, 192, ii. [6]
"Creative Thought," Sir Wm. Barrett's, ii. [212]-13, [249]
"Creed of Science," Graham's, i. 318
Croll, James, i. 242, 305, 313, ii. [5], [13]
Crookes, Sir W., and psychical research, ii. [87], [189], [191], [205];
and Westminster Abbey memorial to Wallace, [253]
Cross- and self-fertilisation, i. 169, 297, ii. [46]
"Cross Unions of Dimorphic Plants," Darwin's, i. 218
"Crossing Plants," Darwin's, i. 296
Crotch, G., i. 262
D
"Darwin and After Darwin," Romanes', ii. [50]
"—— and his Teachings," i. 170
"—— and 'The Origin,'" Poulton's, ii. [88] (note)
——, Charles, i. 1, 2;
birth of, 5;
autobiography, 5, 23 (note);
ancestors, 6;
at Shrewsbury Grammar School, 12;
natural history tastes, 12;
as angler, 12;
egg-collecting, 12;
humanity of, 13;
leaves Shrewsbury Grammar School, 15;
fondness for shooting, 16;
at Cambridge, 16;
medical studies, 16;
theological studies, 17, ii. [184];
tours in North Wales, i. 18;
beetle-hunting, 18, 114;
voyage in the Beagle, 18;
theory of Natural Selection, 102, 107;
reading, 103;
visits Maer and Shrewsbury, 103;
experiments, 103;
Huxley and, 104;
at work on Species and Varieties, 107;
at Down, 109;
receives presentation copy of Spencer's Essays, 124;
appreciation of Wallace's magnanimity, 134, 137, 139, 141, 153, 164, 242, 252, 287, 304;
falls from his horse, 243;
on Wallace's review of "Descent of Man," 260-2;
criticism of Wallace's "Geographical Distribution," 286, 289;
at Dorking, 288;
promotes memorial to City Corporation in favour of Wallace, 303;
acknowledgment of "Island Life," 307-8;
on migration of plants, 307 (note), 312;
memorial to Gladstone on behalf of Wallace, 313;
death of, 318
Darwin, Charles, letters to Wallace:
On "Law regulating Introduction of New Species," etc., i. 106, ii. [129];
on distribution of animals, i. 133;
on his "Origin of Species," etc., 134, 136;
on Wallace's "Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago," 137;
inviting Wallace's opinion of the "Origin," 139;
on protective adaptation of butterflies, 140;
on Press reviews of "Origin," 141, 144;
on theory of flight, 146;
on Wallace as reviewer, 148;
on Wallace's "Variation" and his paper on Man, 153;
on sexual selection, 159;
on Wallace's papers on pigeons and parrots, 160;
on the Aru pig, 162;
on the crested blackbird, etc., 163;
on Wallace's "Pigeons of Malay Archipelago" and dimorphism, 166;
on the non-blending of varieties, 169;
on the term "survival of the fittest," 174;
on sexual differences in fishes, 177;
on colour of caterpillars, 178;
on coloration and expression in man, 179;
on sexual selection and expression, 182;
on scheme for his work on Man, 183;
on laws of inheritance, etc., 185;
on Wallace's "Mimicry," 187;
on Wallace's reply to Duke of Argyll, 189;
on sexual selection and collateral points, 194;
on pangenesis and sterility of hybrids, 197;
on production of natural hybrids, etc., 201;
on sexual selection, 204, 206, 207;
on northern alpine flora, 211;
on Wallace's article on "Birds' Nests," and on mimetic butterflies, 212;
on Sir Clifford Allbutt's sperm-cell theory, and on female protected butterflies, 214;
[pg 273] on Wallace's "Protective Resemblance," 216;
on dimorphic plants and colour protection, 220;
on the colour problem of birds, 225, 229, 231;
on fifth edition of "Origin of Species," 233;
on single variations, 234;
on Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," 235, 237, 240;
on Wallace's review of Lyell's "Principles," 242;
on baffling sexual characters, 245;
on Wallace's paper, "Geological Time," 250;
on Wallace's views on Man, 250>, 251;
on Wallace's "Natural Selection," 252;
on Wallace's criticism of Bennett's paper, 253;
on his "Descent of Man" and St. G. Mivart, 257;
on Wallace's review of "Descent of Man," 260;
on Chauncey Wright's criticism of Mivart, 264;
on a Quarterly review, 269, 291;
on Fritz Müller's letter on mimicry, 270;
on Dr. Bree, 271, 272;
on Bastian's "Beginnings of Life," 274, 278;
on ants, 279;
criticising Wallace's review of "Expression of the Emotions," 280;
on Spencer and politics, 283;
on Utricularia, 284;
on Wallace's "Geographical Distribution of Animals," 286, 289, 292;
on Wallace's article on Colours of Animals, etc., 299;
on Wallace's "Origin of Species and Genera," 304;
on Wallace's "Island Life," 307;
on land migration of plants, 312;
on memorial for Wallace pension, 314, 315;
on mimicry, 316;
on political economy and "Creed of Science," 318;
on land question, 319;
——, Erasmus, i. 6;
on the Wallace-Darwin episode, 127
—— Sir Francis, and "Life and Letters of Charles Darwin," i. 118, 119, 120, 122
—— Sir G., Expulsion theory of, ii. [180]
——, Mr. Horace, letter from his father, on discoverers, ii. [242] (note)
—— Major Leonard, i. 145, 146
—— Dr. Robert Waring, i. 6, 18
"Darwinism," Wallace's, i, 212, 218, ii. [2], [14], [15], [75], [90], [109];
plan of, [15]-17;
Spencer's objection to title, [47]
Davos, Wallace's lecture at, ii. [204]
Dawson, Sir J.W., attack on Natural Selection, i. 142
De Rougemont, Wallace on, ii. [76]
De Vries on mutation, ii. [80], [96]
Decaisne's paper on flora of Timor, i. 236
Deformities, article on, in Chambers's Encyclopedia, ii. [57]
Dendrobium devonianum, i. 23
Denudation, theory of, i. 250, 309, ii. [71], [72], [73]
Deposition, theory of, i. 309, ii. [72], [73]
"Descent of Man," Darwin's, i. 152, 255, 259, 284, 289 (note), ii. [2], [34];
review in Pall Mall Gazette, i. 263;
in Spectator, 263
"Development of Human Races under Law of Natural Selection," Wallace's, ii. [6], [183]
"Different Forms of Flowers and Plants of the Same Species," Darwin's, i. 298, ii. [2]
Dimorphism, i. 167, 202, 220
Dipsomania, Wallace on, ii. [68]
Discontinuous variation, ii. [62], [63]
Disuse, physiological effects of, i. 69
Divining rod, experiments with, ii. [205], [206]-8, [211]
Dixey, Dr., ii. [79]
Domestic selection (see Selection, domestic)
Domestication, variation under, i. 192
Dowsing for water, etc., ii. [205], [206]-8, [211]
Dunraven, Lord, and psychical research, ii. [199]
"Duration of Life," Weismann's, ii. [44], [45]
Dyaks, i. 55, 59
E
Earl, W., on distribution of animals in Malay Archipelago, i. 138
"Early History of Mankind," Tylor's, i. 164, 165
Earth, formation of, ii. [179];
Wallace's views on, [168] et seq.
"Earthworms," Darwin's, i. 320, ii. [2]
Edinburgh, Darwin in, i. 16, 17
Education, Wallace's views of, ii. [147]
Edwards, W.H., "Voyage up the Amazon," i. 25
Eight hours' day, Wallace on, ii. [156]
"Encyclopedia of Plants," London's, i. 21, 23, 92
Entomological Society, i. 35;
discussion on mimicry at, 176;
Wallace's Presidential Address to, 126
Eocene Period, i. 308, 312
Epping Forest, superintendency of, Wallace and, i. 302-4, 306
Erotylidæ, i. 65
Erskine of Linlathen on evolution, ii. [228]
"Essays on Evolution," Poulton's, ii. [61] (note), [79] (note), [84], [85]
"—— upon Heredity," Weismann's, ii. [45], [51], [52]
Eugenics, ii. [160], [246];
term disliked by Wallace, [150], [246];
and segregation of unfit, letter from Wallace on, [160]
Evans, Miss, ii. [226]
Evil, origin of, ii. [149]
Evolution, theory of, Lamarck and, i. 1, 109;
Lyell and, 76, 142, 239;
as conceived in "Vestiges of Creation," 91, 92 (note) et seq.;
Darwin and, 103 et seq., 122-4;
notable converts to, 137, 139, 141, 219, 221, 239;
Wallace's views on, 240, 256, 294, ii. [78], [94], [95];
Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyer on, [97], [185].
(See also Selection)
"—— and Adaptation," Morgan's, ii. [79]
—— and Mendelism, Wallace on, ii. [93]
"Evolution of the Stellar System, Researches on," ii. [178]
"—— Theories of," Poulton's, ii. [61]
"Evolutionist at Large," ii. [46]
"Expanse of Heaven," Proctor's, ii. [80]
"Exposition of Fallacies in the Hypotheses of Darwin," Bree's, i. 271 (note), 272-3
"Expression, Anatomy of," Bell's, i. 182
—— in the Malays, i. 182, 191
"—— of the Emotions," Darwin's, i. 279, ii. [2];
review of, i. 280-1
"Expressiveness of Speech, etc., in the Origin of Language," Wallace's, ii. [65]
F
Facsimile of Wallace's inscription on envelope containing his first
eight letters from Darwin, i. 128
Faraday on Spiritualism, ii. [188]
Farmer, W.J., ii. [101]
Farrer, Mr., i. 304
Fauna, British, i. 307
Felis of Timor, i. 138
Fellenberg and R.D. Owen, ii, [225]
Ferns, Lawrence on, ii. [40]
"Fertilisation of Orchids," Darwin's, i. 189 (note), ii. [2]
—— self- and cross-, i. 169, 297, ii. [46]
Finger-prints, Gallon's papers on, ii. [48]-9
"First Principles," Spencer's, Wallace's admiration of, i. 125
Fish, sexual differences in, i. 178
Fisher, Mrs. (see Buckley, Miss)
—— O., "Physics of the Earth's Crust," Wallace on, ii. [74]
FitzRoy, Capt., i. 33
Flight, theory of, i. 145-6, ii. [25] et seq.
Flora, endemic, ii. [43]
"Floral Structures," Henslow's, ii. [46]
Flourens' criticism of Darwin's theory, i. 160
Flowers, tropical, i. 238;
cleistogamic, 298
Flustra, Darwin's article on larvæ of, i. 16
Forbes, Dr. Henry, ii. [12] (note);
estimation of Wallace, [229]-33, [239]
—— Prof., i. 96, 99, 100, 132, 139, 189, 248
Forel and Darwin, i, 294, 296
"Forms of Flowers," Darwin's, i. 298
Fossils, i. 20
"Foundations," Sir F. Darwin's, ii. [92]
Free trade and monopoly, Wallace's views on, ii. [152]
"Freeland," Wallace's opinion of, ii. [114]
"Fuel of the Sun," M. Williams's, i. 263-4
G
Galapagos Islands, i. 97, 103;
fauna of, i. 295, ii. [13]
Galaxias, i. 290
Galton, Sir Francis, on heredity, ii. [45];
on organic stability, [60];
introduces term Eugenics, [246]
—— letter from, on finger-marks, ii. [48]-9
Gärtner, i. 195
Geach, C., i. 79, 191, 245
Geddes, Prof. Patrick, ii. [12] (note), [41], [43]
Geikie, Sir A., i. 122, ii. [71], [253]
General Enclosure Act, ii. [140]
"Genesis of Species," Mivart's, i. 257, 264, 265-7, 291, ii. [31]
Geodephaga, exotic, i. 69
Geographical distribution and biology, Wallace's writings on, ii. [1]-17;
correspondence on, [18]-[102]
"—— —— of Animals," Wallace's, i. 42, 286, ii. [1]-2, [8], [32], [233], [286]-7, [289]-94
"—— —— of Mammals," Murray's, i. 181
"—— —— of Plants," Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyer's, ii. [90]
Geographical distribution of plants and animals, i. 94, 95, ii. [13]
Geography, old-time teaching of, i. 11;
organic, 95;
zoological, ii. [9]
"Geological Climates and the Origin of Species," Wallace's, ii. [5]
—— distribution of plants and animals, i. 94, 95, 136
"—— History of Man," Lyell's, i. 142
"—— Observations on South America," Darwin's, ii. [2]
—— time, Wallace's paper on, i. 249
Geology, Darwin's studies in, i. 16, 17
George, Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd, Wallace's letter to, on the railway strike, ii. [163];
Wallace's admiration of, [164]-5, [249]
—— Henry, i. 17, 317;
meets Wallace, ii. [143]
"Germ Plasm," Weismann's, ii. [72]
"Germinal Selection," Weismann's, ii. [68], [70]
Glacial period, theory of, i. 149, 176, 177, 248, 251, 287, 298, 307,
308-10, ii. [6], [13]
Gladstone, W.E., recommends Wallace for a pension, i. 313
—— letter from, on onomatopoeia, ii. [66]-7
Gould, Dr. Aug., on land shells, i. 133
——, John, list of humming-birds, ii. [23];
Sclater's distrust of, [24]
Graham's "Creed of Science," i. 318
Grant, Dr., article on Flustra, i. 16;
advocacy of Evolution by, 122
Granville, Lord, ii. [67]
Gray, Asa, i. 76, 139;
defends Darwin, 142
Great Exhibition of 1862, i. 79
Greenell, Mary Ann (Mrs. T.V. Wallace), i. 9
Growth, economy of, ii. [53]
Gurney, Edmund, and telepathy, ii. [200]
H
Habinaria, i. 311
"Habit and Intelligence," Murphy's, i. 246, 249
Haeckel, Prof., and the Darwin-Wallace Jubilee, i. 120
Hall, John, sends Wallace orchids from Buenos Ayres, ii. [129]
—— Spencer, lectures on mesmerism, ii. [182]
Hardinge, Mrs., medium, ii. [188], [189]
Hare, Prof. A., ii. [57]
Hart, Capt., i. 79
Haughton, Prof. S., criticises Darwin's "Origin of Species," i. 142;
on "The Bee's Cell and Origin of Species," 148
Haweis, Rev. H.R., ii. [204]
Hayward, Mr., i. 21, 92
Heliconiidæ, i. 65
Helmes, L.V., reminiscences of Wallace's visit to Sarawak, i. 38-40
Hemsley, Dr. W.B., ii. [43]
Henderson, Rev. J.B., ii. [209]
Henslow, Prof., Darwin's friendship with, i. 17;
defends Darwin, 142>
Herdman, Mr., inaugural address to Liverpool Biological Society, ii. [45]
Heredity, Weismann's essays on, ii. [44]-5, [51];
Galton on, [45]
Herschel, Sir J., i. 17
Hertford Grammar School, i. 11, 14
Heterogenesis, i. 274 (note), 275, 278
Heterostyled plants, illegitimate offspring of, i. 298
Hodgson's Psychical Research Report, ii. [203]
Holland, Sir H., on pangenesis, i. 197
Holmes, T. Rice, ii. [86]
Home, D.D., medium, ii. [189], [199]
Home Rule, Wallace's advocacy of, ii. [152]
Homer, onomatopoeic examples in, ii. [66], [67]
Honeycomb sent by Wallace to Darwin, i. 143
Hooker, Sir Joseph, birth of, i. 5, 76;
on oak trees, 56;
and the Darwin-Wallace joint paper, 71, 111, 113, 119, 134, 136, 137, 139;
receives the Darwin-Wallace Medal, 117;
speech at Darwin-Wallace jubilee, 117;
Darwin's appreciation of, 135, 137;
introduction to "Flora of Australia," 139;
on pangenesis, 197;
visits Darwin at Freshwater, 219;
signs memorial to City Corporation in Wallace's favour, 303;
opinion on Wallace's "Island Life," 307
——, Sir Joseph, letters from:
on "Island Life," ii. [32]-3;
acknowledging Wallace's "Life," etc., [82]-3
Hopkins's review of the "Origin of Species," i. 144
Hopkinson, Prof. A., and Spiritualism, ii. [200]
Howorth, Sir H.H., on subsidence and elevation of land, i. 277
Hubrecht, Prof., ii. [80];
alleges differences between Darwin and Wallace, [87]
Hudson's "Scientific Demonstration of a Future Life," ii. [203]
Huggins, Sir W., and psychical research, ii. [198], [199]
Hughes, Hugh Price, Wallace's opinion of, ii. [204]
—— letter from, on Wallace's "Justice, not Charity," ii. [157]
Humboldt's "Personal Narrative," i. 17, 164, 238
Huxley, T.H., i. 1, 5, 76, 116, 137;
meets Wallace, 35;
appreciation of Wallace, 94;
first interview with Darwin, 104;
and Herbert Spencer, 123;
and the memorial to Gladstone as to a pension for Wallace, 313;
and psychical research, ii. [198];
opinion as to Wallace joining Royal Society, [220];
on Henslow, [251]
—— letters from, declining Wallace's invitation to investigate
"curious phenomena," ii. [187]-8
Hybrids, sterility of, i. 130, 195 et seq.;
and Natural Selection, 195 et seq.;
infertility of, 297
Hyder, Mr. J., ii. [161], [252]
Hyndman, Mr. H.M., letter from, acknowledging Wallace's birthday congratulations, ii. [164]
I
"Ice-Marks in North Wales," Wallace's, i. 177
"Illustrations of British Insects," i. 23 (note)
"Immigration of Norwegian Flora," Blytt's, i. 293
Immortality, Wallace's views on, ii. [176]
Indian Mutiny, i. 68
Indians, American, Bates's opinion of, ii. [29]
Individual adaptability and natural selection, ii. [55]
"Insectivorous Plants," Darwin's, i. 284, 285, ii. [2]
Insects, migration of, Lyell on, ii. [19];
theory of flight, [26]
Instinct, Archdall Reid's views of, ii. [67]
"—— in Man and Animals," Wallace's, ii. [6]
"Introduction to Study of Natural Philosophy," Herschel's, i. 17
"Is Mars Habitable?" Wallace's, ii. [172]
"Island Life," Wallace's, i. 42, 305, 306-7, ii. [5], [12]-14, [32], [33], [72], [75]
Islands, continental, i. 305, ii. [12]
—— oceanic, i. 138, 210-12, 305, ii. [12]
J
Jameson's lectures on geology and zoology in Edinburgh, i. 16
Janet's "Materialism of the Present Day," i. 170, 172, 173, 175
Jardine, Sir W., criticism of "Origin of Species," i. 142
Java, birds of, i. 87;
flora of, 86;
mountains of, 85-6;
volcanoes of, 85, 86
Jencken, Mrs., ii. [198]
Jenkin, Fleeming, on limitations to variation, i. 190;
Darwin on, 233, 234;
Wallace on, 234
Jensen and De Rougemont, ii. [76]
Jessopp, Rev. Augustus, letter on land nationalisation, ii. [157]
Joan of Arc, works on, ii. [204]
Jones, Sir Rupert, on Miocene or Old Pliocene Man in India, ii. [62]
—— Mr. W. Braunston, birthday ode by, ii. [248]
Jordan, Mr., ii. [129]
Josiah Mason College, Birmingham, Wallace and, i. 306
"Journal of Researches," Darwin's, i. 18, 25, 37, 43
Judd, John W., and Wallace medallion, ii. [253]
Jukes, J.B., a supporter of Darwin, i. 141
K
Kane, Mrs., ii. [198]
Keltie, Dr. J. Scott, on Wallace's exploration in Brazil, i. 29
Kelvin, Lord (see Thomson, Sir W.)
Kempe, Sir A.B., signs petition for Wallace memorial, ii. [253]
Keyerling and the Darwinian theory, i. 141
Kidd, Mr. Benjamin, and "equality of opportunity," ii. [158]
Kingsley, Canon, letter to Wallace on "Malay Archipelago," ii. [30]-1
Knight, Prof., ii. [176];
his reminiscences of Wallace, [228]
Knollys, Lord, ii. [223]
Kolreuter, i. 195
Krefft, Dr. G., i. 316
Kropotkin, Prince, "Memoirs of a Revolutionist," i. [89]
L
Lamarck and Evolution, i. 1, 109, 242
Lambs, instincts of, ii. [54]
Land laws, Wallace and, ii. [140]
—— molluscs, Darwin on, i. 131, 132, 287, 292
—— nationalisation, Wallace and, ii. [141]
—— —— Society, foundation of, ii. [143]
"—— ——," Wallace's, i. 317, ii. [109], [143]
—— shells, i. 132, 133, 262
—— Tenure Reform Association, Wallace and, ii. [143]
Lankester, Sir E. Ray, receives Darwin-Wallace Medal and speaks at Jubilee celebration, i. 121;
replies to a Darwin Centenary article in the Times, ii. [89];
a signatory to Wallace memorial petition, [253]
Larmor, Sir J., and Wallace national memorial, ii. [253]
"Law regulating Introduction of New Species," Wallace's, i. 93, 94, 105, 129, ii. [6], [21]
Le Gallienne, Mr., meets Wallace, ii. [204]
Lecky's "Rationalism," Darwin on, i. 164;
Wallace on, 165-6
"Lectures on Man," Lawrence's, i. 91
Legge, Col., conveys to Wallace the Order of Merit, ii. [224]
Lemuria, continent of, i. 289
Lepidoptera, colour-adaptability in, ii. [56]
Lewes, G.H., and pangenesis, i. 220;
and origin of species, 221
Leyden Museum, i. 87
"Lhasa," Waddell's, ii. [82]
Life after death, Wallace's belief in, ii. [181]
"—— and Habit," Samuel Butler's, ii. [102]
"—— and Letters of Charles Darwin," i. 118, 119, 120, 122-3, 127, 260 (note), 263 (note), 273 (note),
274 (note), ii. [184]
——, origin of, Spencer on, i. 125-6
—— —— Wallace's views on, ii. [168]
"Limits of Natural Selection as applied to Man," Wallace's, ii. [6]
Lindley, Dr., "Elements of Botany," i. 21;
article on orchids by, 23
Linnean Society, Darwin-Wallace communication to, i. 71, 89, 109, 118, 122;
Jubilee of event, 110 et seq., ii. [127]
Lip-expression, efficacy of, ii. [67]
Littledale, Dr., reminiscences of Wallace, ii. [132]-3, [136]
Lock's "Variation, Heredity, and Evolution," ii. [84]
Lodge, Sir Oliver, reply to Haeckel, ii. [83];
Romanes lecture, [178]-80;
address at Psychical Research Society, [205];
and the national memorial to Wallace, [253]
Lombok, fauna of, ii. [19], [20]
Lönnberg, Prof., i. 122
"Looking Backward," ii. [114]
Lophura viellottii, i. 230
Loudon's "Encyclopedia of Plants," i. 21, 23, 92
Lowell, Prof. Percival, "Mars and its Canals," ii. [172], [175]-7
Lubbock, Sir John (see Avebury, Lord)
Lunn, Sir H., meets Wallace, ii. [204]
Lyell, Sir C., birth of, i. 5;
and the Darwin-Wallace joint essay, 71, 109, 111, 113, 118, 119, 134, 136, 139, ii. [19];
as Evolutionist, i. 76, 142, 239;
on extinction of species, 98;
and Wallace's "Law regulating Introduction of New Species," 132;
defends Darwin, 142;
on pangenesis, 200;
and the "Fuel of the Sun," 263
—— letters from:
on "Origin of Races of Man," ii. [18];
on geographical distribution, [19];
on Wallace's "Law regulating Introduction of Species," etc., [21];
on humming-birds, shells, etc., [23];
on Wallace's "Mimicry of Colours," [25];
on diversity of human races, [28]-9;
[pg 279] on Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," [30];
on Wallace's "Geographical Distribution," [32]
Lyell, Sir Leonard, i. 120
Lythrum, trimorphism of, i. 161, 169
M
McAndrew, Mr., on littoral shells of the Azores, ii. [24]
Macmahon, Dr. P.A., and the Wallace medallion, ii. [253]
Madagascar, i. 290 (note);
fauna of, 188, 189, 192, 293, 295;
flora of, 311-13
Madeira, land shells in, i. 132;
birds in, 138
"Maha Bharata," Wallace's appreciation of, ii. [116]
Malaria, Wallace on, ii. [241]
Malay Archipelago, Wallace's explorations in, i. 35-42;
distribution of animals in, 138
"—— ——," Wallace's, i. 42, 121, 133, 140, 235, 237; ii. [30], [143], [159], [230], [231];
translations of, i. 245
"Malayan Papilionidæ," Wallace's, i. 153, ii. [4], [6], [231]
Malthus on "Population," i. 103, 104, 111, 116, 136, 175, 317
Man, influence of sexual selection on, i. 154, 155, 180, 181, 182, 183;
geographical distribution of, 156;
zoological classification of, 157;
original colour of, ii. [29].
——, origin of, Darwin's views of, i. 154-5, 243
(see also "Descent of Man")
—— —— Wallace's views of, i. 91-2, 152-3, 155 et seq., 221, 240, 243, 250, 256, ii. [31]
"Man's Place in the Universe," ii. [102], [120], [167], [170] et seq., [178]
Mantegazza, colour theory of, i. 299
Marchant, James, ii. [100];
and the Wallace memorial, ii. [253];
letter from Bishop Ryle to, [254]
"Mars," Wallace's, ii. [122], [172]-3, [175]-7
"—— and its Canals," Lowell's, ii. [172], [175]-7
Marshall, Mr. J.W., ii. [53], [209], [226]
—— Dr. W., i. 279
Martineau, James, Darwin on Spencer's reply to, i. 272
"Material for Study of Variation," Bateson's, ii. [60]-1
"Materialism of the Present Day," Janet's, i. 170, 172, 173, 175
Maternal impressions, ii. [57]-8
Matthew, P., anticipates theory of Natural Selection, i. 116, 142
Maw, Mr., reviews "Origin of Species," i. 144
Melastoma, i. 150, 151
Meldola, Prof. Raphael, lecture on Evolution by, i. 123;
death of, ii. [35];
criticism of Romanes' theory, [36];
on importance of "divergence," [41]-2;
President of Entomological Society, [63];
reminiscences of Wallace, [226];
at Wallace's funeral, [252];
and the Abbey memorial, [253]
Mendelism, ii. [84];
Dr. Archdall Reid's view of, [85];
and Evolution, Wallace on, [93]
Menura superba, i. 183 (note)
Mesmerism, Wallace and, i. 24, ii. [182]
Meyer, Dr. Adolf Bernhard, i. 248, 249
Mias, i. 53, 56, 57, ii. [30]
Mill, John Stuart, invites Wallace to join Land Tenure Reform Association, ii. [143]
Mill's "Siege of the South Pole," ii. [82]
Miller, Mr. Ben R., letter to, ii. [98]
Mimetic butterflies, i. 167, 168, 176, 178, 179, 189 (note), 200, 213, 217, 224, 254, 300
"Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances," Wallace's, ii. [6], [8], [25]
"—— and Protective Colouring," Wallace's, i. 179, 187
—— Bates's theory of, i. 225
—— Darwin on, i. 316
——, Wallace on, i. 167 (note), 168-9, 176
Miocene Period, i. 294, 308, 309, 312
"Miracles and Modern Spiritualism," Wallace's, ii. [11], [178], [183]
Missionaries, Wallace's and Darwin's impressions of, compared, i. 36-8;
Wallace on, 47, 50, 62-3
Mitten, Miss, ii. [252]
—— Mr. William, ii. [35], [253]
Mivart, St. G., controversy with Mr. G. Darwin, i. 291;
his "Genesis of Species," 257-8, 264, 265-7, ii. [31]
Moluccas, birds of, ii. [3]
Monistic theory, ii. [177]
Monkeys, influence of, on distribution of pigeons and parrots, i. 166 (note), 167
Monopoly and free trade, Wallace on, ii. [152]
"More Letters," i. 127, 195, 288 (note), 312 (note)
Morgan, Prof. Lloyd, Wallace on, ii. [67], [68]
—— T.H., "Evolution and Adaptation," ii. [79]
Morley, Mr. John (Lord), correspondence with, ii. [159]
Morton, Dr., on American race problem, ii. [28]
Moths, Jenner Weir's observations on, i. 179
Mott, Mr., on Haeckel, i. 298;
on progression of races, ii. [86]
Mould, formation of, by agency of earthworms, i. 319
Mount Ophir (Malay), i. 51
Mouth-gesture as factor in origin of language, ii. [65]
"Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants," Darwin's, i. 285, 311, ii. [2]
Mailer, Fritz, "Für Darwin," i. 164;
on mimetic butterflies, 189 (note), 270, 300
—— Hermann, i. 189 (note)
Murchison, Sir Roderick, and Wallace, i. 36;
on Africa, 159
Murphy, Mr. M.J., ii. [164]
Murphy's "Habit and Intelligence," Wallace's review of, i. 246, 249
Murray, Andrew, attacks Darwin's "Origin of Species," i. 142;
opposes Trimen's views on mimetic butterflies, 201
Murray's "Geographical Distribution of Mammals," i. 181
Mutation theory, ii. [79], [84]
"My Life," Wallace's, i. 6, 10 (note), 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 29-30, 92 (note), 107, 125, 126, 127, 178, 253, 307 (note), 312 (note), ii. [4], [5], [11], [12], [14], [81], [82], [149], [178], [202]
Myers, F.W.H., and telepathy, ii. [200], [202];
on Wallace as lecturer, [202]
—— letter from, on Vaccination pamphlet, the "Malay Archipelago," etc.,
ii. [202]-3
N
Nägeli's essay on Natural Selection, i. 241
Nathusius on the Aru pig, i. 162
Natural Selection (see Selection, natural)
"—— —— Action of, in producing Old Age, Decay, and Death," Wallace's, ii. [44]
"—— —— Contributions to the Theory of," Wallace's, i. 94, 250, 252, ii. [5], [6]
"—— —— from a Mathematical Point of View," Bennett's, i. 253
Nebular hypothesis, Spencer's, i. 151;
Wallace on, ii. [174]
Neo-Lamarckians, ii. [47], [60], [64]
New Zealand, aborigines of, i. 239;
colonisation of, 290;
fauna and flora of, 291, 295, 305, 307, ii. [20], [33], [34]
"Newton of Natural History," the, i. 76
Newton, Prof. A., i. 105, ii. [8], [36]
"Nicaragua," Belt's, ii. [36]
Non-inheritance of acquired characters, ii. [44]-5, [54], [70], [71], [72], [73];
Prof. Poulton's address on, [79]
Norman, Dr., and Wallace, ii. [137]
Norris, Dr. Richard, i. 244, ii. [136]
—— Miss, ii. [136]
"Norwegian Flora, Immigration of," Blytt's, i. 293
O
Oceanic islands, colonisation of, i. 132, 133, 138, 290;
flora of, 210-212, 305
Onomatopoeia, ii. [66]
Orang-utans, i. 53, 56, 57, ii. [30]
"Orchids," Darwin's, i. 143, 297
—— Wallace's admiration of, i. 23, ii. [114];
epiphytal, i. 23;
of the Azores, 311
"Origin of Species," Darwin's, i. 67, 72, 76-8, 112, 121, 124, 125, 129, 134, 136, 139, 141, 146, 164, 174, 176, 224, 240, 241, 244, 246, 264-5, 271, ii. [1], [2], [77];
reviews of, i. 142, 144
—— —— (see Selection)
"—— —— and Genera," Wallace's, i. 304
"—— of the Fittest," Cope's, ii. [47]
"—— of the Races of Man," Wallace's, ii. [18]
Ornithoptera croesus, i. 41
—— poseidon, i. 42
Orr, Henry B., ii. [60]
Osborn, Prof. H.F., on Wallace, ii. [239]
Ostriches, Wallace on, i. 145;
Darwin on, 146-7
Owen, Sir R., Darwin's opinion of, i. 139;
attacks Darwin's theory, 142, 144, 157, 199
—— Robert, and Wallace, i. 15, ii. [139], [148], [182], [225]
—— Robert Dale, ii. [225]
P
Pacific Islands, land shells in, i. 133
Pain, Wallace on, ii. [244]
Pangenesis, i. 196 et seq., 219, 220, 276, ii. [102]
Papilio, polymorphic species of, i. 168
—— sarpedon choredon, i. 316
"Papilionidæ of the Malay Region," Wallace's, i. 153, ii. [4], [6], [231]
Para, Wallace at, i. 26, 29;
products of, 27
Parrots, Wallace's paper on, i. 160, ii. [4]
"Passerine Birds," Wallace's, ii. [231]
Pastrana, Julia, i. 181
Patagonia, plains of, i. 32
"Permanence of Oceanic Basins," Wallace's, ii. [74]
Permian period, i. 290
Perry, John, and Wallace national memorial, ii. [253]
"Personal Narrative," Humboldt's, i. 17, 164, 238
Pheasants, Argus, i. 230, 289, 292
"Phenomena of Variation and Geographical Distribution," Wallace's, i. 153
Phillips' attack on Darwin's "Origin of Species," i. 142
Phrenology, Wallace's belief in, i. 24, ii. [237]
"Physical Geography of the Malay Archipelago," Wallace's, ii. [232]
"—— History of Man," Prichard's, i. 91, 116, ii. [73]
"Physics of the Earth's Crust," Fisher's, ii. [74]
Physiological selection (see Selection, physiological)
Pickard-Cambridge, Rev. O., reminiscences of Wallace, ii. [131]
Pictet, Prof. F.J., reviews the "Origin of Species," i. 141, 144
Pigeons, domestic, i. 130
"—— of the Malay Archipelago," Wallace's, i. 166, ii. [4]
"Plants, Crossing," Darwin's, Wallace on, i. 296-7
—— geographical distribution of, i. 94;
effect of climatic conditions on, 130;
heterostyled, 298;
migration of, 307 (note), 310, 311-12, 313-14, ii. [32], [34]-5;
[pg 282] Lyell on migration of, [19]-20;
variety of form and habit in, [54]
"Plants of India and Indo-Oceanic Continent," Blandford's, i. 290
Pleistocene Period, i. 308
Pliocene Period, i. 292, 294, ii. [22]
Podmore, Frank, effect on, of Hodgson's Psychical Research report, ii. [203];
report by, in Proceedings of Psychical Research Society, [204];
proposed as President, [211]
Polymorphism, Wallace on, i. 168
"Population, Essay on," Malthus's, i. 103, 104, 111, 116, 136, 175, 317
"—— Theory of," Spencer's, i. 124
Poulton, Prof., and Weismann's "Essays upon Heredity," ii. [44]-6;
paper on colours of larva, pupa, etc., [54];
appointed Hope Professor of Zoology in Oxford University, [57];
exposure of an American Neo-Lamarckian by, [60];
Presidential Address to British Association, Wallace's criticism of, [71];
Presidential Address to Entomological Society, [79];
on Wallace, [227];
at funeral of Wallace, [252];
and the Westminster Abbey memorial, [253]
Poverty, Wallace's views on, ii. [145] et seq.
"Power of Movement in Plants," Darwin's, i. 311, ii. [2]
Prain, Sir D., and Wallace memorial in Westminster Abbey, ii. [253]
"Prehistoric Times," Lubbock's, i. 164, 165-6
"Present Evolution of Man, The," Archdall Reid's, ii. [67], [73]
Price, Prof. B., formally offers D.C.L. degree to Wallace, ii. [217]
Prichard's "Physical History of Man," i. 91, 116, ii. [73]
Primula, Darwin's paper on, i. 218
"Principles of Geology," Lyell's, i. 135, ii. [5]
"—— of Psychology," Spencer's, i. 123
"—— of Sociology," Spencer's, i. 126
Proctor, R.A., i. 263; "Expanse of Heaven," ii. [180]
"Progress and Poverty," Henry George's, i. 317, 318, ii, [143]
Protection, principle of, i. 140, 177, 184, 186, 189, 192, 199, 205, 212 et seq., 214 et seq., 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 226 et seq., 235-6, 252, 256, 257-9, 270, 291, 299-300
(see also Coloration, protective, and Mimicry)
"Protective Resemblance," Wallace's, i. 214
"—— Value of Colour and Markings in Insects," ii. [38]
Protoplasm, origin of, Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer on, ii. [96]-7
"Psychic Philosophy," Desertis's, ii. [203]
Psychical research, Wallace and, ii. [181], [186] et seq., [196], [199]
—— —— Society, foundation of, ii. [196]
Pteropus edulis, i. 54
Purdon, Dr., ii. [195]
R
Ramsay, Andrew, Darwin on, i. 141
—— Sir Wm., and Wallace national memorial, ii. [253]
Rathbone, Reginald B., reminiscences of Wallace, ii. [124]-7
"Rationalism," Lecky's, i. 164-6
"Regression to the mean," ii. [69]
Reichenbach, experiments of, with sensitives, ii. [196], [197]
"Reign of Law," Duke of Argyll's, ii. [23]
"Researches," Prichard's, i. 91, 116, ii. [73]
"—— on Evolution of Stellar Systems," ii. [179]-80
"Revolt of Democracy," Wallace's, ii. [104], [144], [145], [251]
Rhynchæa, i. 183, 184
Rice, Dr. Hamilton, survey of Uaupés River, i. 29
Ridgeway, Dr., Bishop of Salisbury, ii. [252]
Ridley, Mr. H.N., ii. [76]
Ripon, Lord, i. 277
Rogers, H.D., Darwin on, i. 141
Romanes, G.J.:
theory of physiological selection, i. 218, ii. [36];
Meldola's criticism of, [36], [49]-50;
Wallace's criticism of, [63] et seq.;
his accusation against Wallace, [235]-7
"Root Principles," Child's, ii. [83]
Rothschild, the Hon. Lionel (Lord), Wallace's admiration of his butterflies, ii. [88], [129]
Royal Geographical Society, and exploration of Uaupés River, i. 29
—— Institute, the, Wallace's lecture at, ii. [87], [127], [222]
Rudimentary organs, i. 100
Russell, Mr. Alfred, letter to, ii. [158]
Russia, Czar of, manifesto of, ii. [158]
—— Wallace on, ii. [161]
Rütimeyer, researches on mammals in Switzerland by, i. 251
Ryle, Bishop, and the medallion of Wallace, [254];
sermon at its unveiling, [254]-5
S
Sadong River, Wallace's exploration of, i. 93
Salisbury, Bishop of, at funeral of Wallace, ii. [252]
—— Marquis of, view of Natural Selection, ii. [59], [60];
translation of his address, [65]
Santiago, Darwin at, i. 34
Sarawak, Wallace in, i. 28, 38-40, 93, 106
Scandinavia, distribution of plants in, i. 293
Schaffhausen, Dr., almost anticipates Natural Selection, i. 142
"Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural," Wallace's, ii. [186]
"—— Demonstration of a Future Life," Hudson's, ii. [203]
Sclater, P.H., on Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," i. 139-140;
and Lemuria, 290 (note);
division of earth into zoological regions, ii. [8];
distrust of Gould, [24]
Scott, Dr. Dukinfield H., speech at presentation of Darwin-Wallace Medals, i. 110-112;
at Wallace's funeral, ii. [252];
and the Wallace memorial in Westminster Abbey, [254]
Scott's "Antarctic Voyage," ii. [82]
Sedgwick, Prof., and Darwin, i. 17, 18;
attacks Darwin at Cambridge Philosophical Society, 142
See, T.J.J., ii. [179]-80
Seeman, Berthold, i. 199, 201, 210, 211
Segregation of the unfit, Wallace on, ii. [160]-1, [246]
Selection, domestic, i. 130, 134, 136, 160, 161, 167, 181, 183, 186, 189 (note), 192, 208, 215, 226, 228, 231, 257, 299
—— natural, theory of, i. 155, 156, 170 et seq., 195 et seq., 218, 240, 267, 298, 301, ii. [16]-17, [63], [75],
[94], [96], [98], [101], [150];
discovery of, i. 2, 89-126;
anticipations of, 116, 142, 176;
Spencer's alternative term for, 125, 171;
Lord Salisbury's conception of, ii. [59], [60], [65];
Neo-Lamarckians and, [64]
—— physiological, Romanes' theory of, i. 218, ii. [36], [49]-50, [63] et seq., [235]-7
—— sexual, i. 157, 159, 177, 179, 182, 185-6, 194, 199, 203, 204, 212 et seq., 216-17, 220, 224-5, 227 et seq., 256, 261, 298, 299
Self-fertilisation, i. 169, 297, ii. [46]
"Shall we have Common Sense?" Sleeper's, ii. [98], [99]
Sharpe, Mr. J.W., reminiscences of Wallace, ii. [107]-9
Shells, Lyell on, ii. [24]
Shipley, Dr. A.E., and Wallace medallion in Westminster Abbey, ii. [253]
Shrewsbury Grammar School, Darwin and, i. 12, 15
Sidgwick, Prof, and Mrs. H., telepathic experiments by, ii. [199], [200];
Wallace's remarks on, [200]-1
"Siege of the South Pole," Mill's, ii. [82]
Silk, George, i. 52, 87;
Wallace's friendship with, 10;
walking tour in Switzerland with Wallace, 35
Sims, Mrs. (sister of A.R. Wallace), i. 30, 44, 56, 60, 62, 64, 85
—— Thomas, i. 63, 73
Singapore, Wallace at, i. 36
Slade, prosecution of, ii. [197]
Sleeper, George W., ii. [98], [99], [100]
Smedley, Mr. E., ii. [83], [100], [163], [175], [215]
Smith, Dr. Edwin, ii. [210]
"Social Environment and Moral Progress," Wallace's, ii. [104], [144]-5, [250]
"—— Statics," Spencer's, i. 123, 150, ii. [143]
Socialism, Wallace's first lessons in, and later views of, i. 15, 16,
ii. [139] et seq.;
"individualistic," [114];
Wallace's definition of, [152]
Society for Psychical Research, foundation of, ii. [196]
"Sociology, Principles of," i. 126
"—— Study of," Spencer's, i. 283
Solar nebula, lecture by Sir R. Ball on, ii. [174]
—— system, central position of, ii. [171]
South America, fauna of, ii. [10]
Special creation, i. 189 (note), 190, 192, ii. [23], [185]
Species, mutability of, i. 78, 137;
law of introduction of, 96, 101-2;
extinction of, 98.
(See also Selection, natural)
Spencer, Herbert, birth of, i. 5;
and Evolution, 122, 123;
arguments with Huxley on Evolution, 123;
sends Darwin a copy of his Essays, 124;
suggests "survival of the fittest" as alternative to "natural selection," 125, 171;
Wallace's relations with, 125;
Darwin's approval of "survival of the fittest," 174;
autobiography of, ii. [211]
—— letters from:
on "Origin of the Races of Man," ii. [18];
on theory of flight, [27]-8;
on "Darwinism,"[47];
on Lord Salisbury's view of Natural Selection, [59], [60], [65];
on Land Nationalisation Society, [154];
on "Progress and Poverty," etc., [154]-5
Spilosoma menthastri, i. 179
Spiritualism, Wallace's belief in, ii. [122], [167], [178], [181] et seq., [239]-40;
Huxley on, [187];
Lord Avebury on, [212]
Spiritualists, Association of, ii. [198], [199]
Spontaneous generation, i. 274
Spruce, Mr., i. 150, 161, 166, 232
Stanley, Dean, at Linlathen, ii. [228]
Stephens' "Illustrations of British Insects," i. [23] (note)
Sterility, Natural Selection and, Meldola on, ii. [41]-2
Stevens, Samuel, i. 26, 48, 49, 54, 71, 72, 102, 105, 143
Stewart, Prof. Balfour, and telepathy, ii. [200]
Strahan, Dr. A., and Wallace memorial, ii. [253]
Strang, Mr., chalk portrait of Wallace by, ii. [224]
Strasburger, Prof. Eduard, receives Darwin-Wallace Medal, i. 120;
tribute to Wallace, 120;
on Wallace's "Malay Archipelago," ii. [231]
Stuart-Menteith, C.G., ii. [160]
"Studies, Scientific and Social," Wallace's, ii. [143], [147]
"Study of Variation, with regard to Discontinuity in Origin of Species,"
Bateson's, ii. [60]-1
"Subsidence and Elevation of Land," Sir H.H. Howorth's, i. 277
—— theory of, i. 132, 160, 212, 238, 286, 309
Survival of the fittest, i. 125, 171, 174-5, ii. [59]
(see also Selection, natural)
Sus papuensis, i. 161, 162
—— scrofa, i. 162
Swinton, Mr. A.C., ii. [155]
Synthetic philosophy, Spencer's, i. 1, 123, 124
Switzerland, Wallace's visits to, i. 35, ii. [204]
T
Telepathy, ii. [181], [186] et seq., [196], [199]
"Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from Original Type,"
Wallace's, i. 109;
loss of MS., 127, ii. [7]
Ternate, Wallace at, i. 36, 68, 107, 108;
volcanic eruption of 1849 in, 68;
Wallace's paper on Natural Selection sent to Darwin from, i. 106, ii. [39]
Tertiary Period, i. 159, 292, 294, 295
Thayer's theory of animal colouring, ii. [36]
"Theories of Evolution," Poulton's, ii. [61]
"Theory of Development and Heredity," Orr's, ii. [60]
"—— of Natural Selection from a Mathematical Point of View," Bennett's, i. 253
"—— of Population," Spencer's, i. 124
Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W.T.:
appreciation of Wallace by, i. 4;
at Darwin-Wallace Jubilee, 122;
paper on geographical distribution of plants by, ii. [90]
—— letters from:
on Darwin Commemoration volume, ii. [91];
on Sir F. Darwin's "Foundations" and the Darwin celebration, [92];
on Evolution and the fundamental powers and properties of life, [95]-8;
asking Wallace to join Royal Society, [219], [220]-1;
on Romanes' charge of plagiarism, [236]-7
Thompson, Prof. Silvanus P., signs petition for national memorial to
Wallace, ii. [253]
Thomson, Prof. J.A., ii. [12] (note)
—— Sir W. (Lord Kelvin), on age of world, i. 242, 250, 268, ii. [75]
Thought transference (see Telepathy)
"Threading my Way," R.D. Owen's, ii. [225]
Timor, birds of, i. 80, ii. [4];
mammalia of, i. 133, ii. [4];
fossils of, i. 138, 148, 290;
Darwin receives honeycomb from, 143, 146;
flora of, 237
Transmutation of species, i. 123, ii. [23]
"Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro," Wallace's, i, 30, 35
Trees, tropical, i. 86
Trimen, Mr., paper on mimetic butterflies by, i. 200, 201
Trimorphism in plants, i. 161, 202, 220
Tropical forests, Darwin's description of, i. 31-2;
denizens of, 31
"—— Nature," Wallace's, ii. [11]
Turner, Dr., orchids of, ii. [114]
—— Mr. H.H., signs petition for national memorial of Wallace, ii. [253]
Tylor, E.B., "Early History of Mankind," i. 164;
Wallace on, 165;
"Anthropology," ii. [65]
Tyndall, John, birth of, i. 5;
and psychical research, ii. [198]
U
Uaupés, Indians of, i. 31;
exploration of, i. 29
Unfit, segregation of, ii. [160]-1, [246]
United States, Wallace's lecturing tour in, ii. [14]
"Unparalleled Discoveries of Mr. T.J.J. See, Account of," ii. [178]
Utricularia, i. 284-5
V
Vaccination, Wallace and, ii. [149], [202], [237], [240]-1;
Rev. H. Price Hughes on, [158];
Frederic Myers and, [206]
"Variation, Heredity, and Evolution," Lock's, ii. [84]
—— of birds, i. 162-3
"Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication," Darwin's,
i. 112, 189, 195, 197, 199, ii. [2]
Variety, Wallace's differentiation of, from species, i. 91-2, 96, 97, 101, 115, 167 (note), 169, 173, 205, 210, 234, ii. [21], [62], [63], [70]
Varley, C.F., i. 244
Vegetarianism, Wallace on, ii. [158]
"Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," i. 91, 92 (note)
Victoria, Queen, approves of pension to Wallace, i. 315
"Vignettes from Nature," Grant Allen's, ii. [46]
Vogt, Prof., i. 221
Volcanic eruptions and migration, Lyell's theory of, ii. [19]
"Voyage of the Beagle," Darwin's, i. 31, 32, 34, ii. [2]
"—— up the Amazon," Edwards's, i. 25
W
Waddell's "Lhasa," ii. [82]
Waddington, Mr. Samuel, ii. [77]
Wages, question of, ii. [156]
Waimate (N.Z.), missionary settlement at, i. 37
Wallace, Alfred Russel:
co-discoverer of Natural Selection, i. 1, 2, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113, 136, 139, 153, 158, ii. [39]-40;
early years, i. 5-44;
nervousness, 7, 14, 35, ii. [134];
his father, i. 8;
his mother, 8, 9, 30;
first experiments, 9, 19-20;
schooldays, 11;
geographical studies, 11;
love of reading, 13;
pupil teacher at Hertford Grammar School, 14;
interest in Socialism, 15, 27, ii. [151] et seq., [181];
land-surveying, i. 15, 17, 19, ii. [139], [182];
astronomical studies and writings, i. 20, ii. [167] et seq.;
early interest in zoology and geology, i. 20;
first telescope, 20, ii. [168];
love of botany, i. 20, 21, ii. [106];
his herbarium, i. 22;
as watchmaker, 23;
interest in phrenology and mesmerism, 24, ii. [181], [182];
studies beetles and butterflies, i. 24, 114;
school teacher at Leicester, 24;
voyage to Amazon, 26 et seq.;
explores Uaupés River, 29;
fire at sea and loss of collections, 29, 30;
first meeting with Darwin, 35, 105, ii. [62];
meets Huxley, i. 35;
visits Switzerland, 35, ii. [204];
visits Singapore, i. 36;
on missionaries, 37-8, 47, 48, 50, 62-3;
in Sarawak, 38-40;
beetle and butterfly collecting, i. 38, 41-2, 114, 237, ii. [4]-5;
ill-health of, i. 40, 79;
enthusiasm as naturalist and collector, 40-2, 115;
journey in a "prau," 42;
early letters, etc., 45-88;
Darwin-Wallace joint paper read before Linnean Society, 71, 89, 109, 118, 122;
Darwin's appreciation of his magnanimity, 71, 106, 118, 134, 137, 139, 141, 153, 164, 242, 252, 287, 304;
attack of intermittent fever, 107, 108;
jubilee of Darwin-Wallace essay and his speech, 110 et seq;
relations with Spencer, 125;
Presidential Address to Entomological Society, 126;
reads proofs of Spencer's "principles of Sociology," 126;
correspondence with Darwin, 127-320;
inscription on envelope containing Darwin's first eight letters, 128;
sends Darwin a honeycomb, 143;
reads Spencer's works, 147, 150;
"exposé" of Rev. S. Haughton's "Bee's Cell," 148;
his opinion of Agassiz, 149;
and the origin of man, 152, 153, 154, 155 et seq., 240;
and Darwin's paper on climbing plants, 162;
on a crested blackbird, 163;
on the Reader, 165;
on mimicry, 167 (note), 168, 176, 179;
approves of term "survival of the fittest," 171;
[pg 287] birth of a son, 188;
later views on Natural Selection, 217, 218;
dedicates "Malayan Travels" to Darwin, 232;
birth of a daughter, 234;
visits Wales, 247;
reviews "Descent of Man," 260;
on Chauncey Wright and Mivart, 265-7;
Bethnal Green Museum directorship, 277;
and second edition of "Descent of Man," 281 (note), 282, 283;
social and political views, 283, 317, 319, ii. [139]-65, [245]-7;
at Dorking, i. 294, 297, ii. [106];
and the superintendency of Epping Forest, i. 302, 303, 304, 306, ii. [106];
writes a work on Geography, i. 304, ii. [14];
recommended for a Civil List pension, i. 313-16;
works on Biology, etc., ii. [3] et seq.;
articles for "Encyclopædia Britannica,"[11];
lectures at Boston, U.S.A., [15];
correspondence on biology, geographical distribution, etc., [18]-[102];
on theory of flight, i. 145, ii. [25]-8;
and Mivart's "Genesis of Species,"[34];
friendship with Meldola, [35];
theory of animal heat, [35];
and Romanes, [36] et seq., [49] et seq.;
on ferns, [40];
on sterility and Natural Selection, [41] et seq.;
admitted to Royal Society, [55], [56], [221], [222];
on "discontinuous variation,"[62]-3;
theory of mouth-gesture as a factor in origin of language, [65];
on non-heredity of acquired characters, [70];
his last public lecture, [87], [222]-3;
two of his works translated into Japanese, [100];
home life, [103]-[138];
domesticity of, [104];
skill at chess, [107];
Examiner in Physiography at South Kensington, [109];
as housebuilder, [110], [111], [119]-[120];
honours from scientific societies, [113];
enthusiasm for orchids, [114];
his method of writing, [120]-1, [243];
and psychical research, [122], [167], [181]-[215], [239]-40;
daily routine, [123]-4;
sense of humour, [125]-6, [132], [133], [134], [226], [227], [228];
receives the Order of Merit, [127]-9;
his Sarawak spider, [131];
failing health, [135] et seq.;
death, [138], [252];
funeral, [252];
memorial in Westminster Abbey, [253]-5;
lists of writings, [257]
—— —— —— letters to his mother: announcing arrival at Singapore, i. 47;
describing work at Singapore, 48;
on Malacca and missionaries, 49;
on his collections and visit to Rajah Brooke, 51;
on the Rajah, 59;
on correspondence from Darwin and Hooker, and his Aru collection, 71;
on plans for collecting at Java, and impending return to England, 83
—— —— —— letter to his wife, sending plants from Furka Pass, ii. [115]
—— —— —— letters to his son, Mr. W.G. Wallace: on building of house at Parkstone, ii. [111]-13;
on purchase of land at Broadstone and garden plans, [117]-18;
enclosing ground plan of house and describing progress, [118]-20;
on "Man's Place in the Universe," and Spiritualism, [121]-2;
requesting revision of "Mars," [122];
on forthcoming lecture at the Royal Institution, and conferment of Order of Merit, [127]-9;
on discovery of a rare moth and beetles in root of an orchid, [129]-30;
on the railway strike, [163]-4
—— —— —— letters to his daughter Violet: on "victims of Landlordism," ii. [113];
on "Freeland" and "Looking Backward," [114];
on orchid growing, [114];
on use of a wagging tail, [115]-16;
on "Maha Bharata," [116];
on eight hours' movement, [156]
—— —— —— letter to Lord Avebury, on Bill for bird preservation, i. 162
—— —— —— letters to Sir W.F. Barrett:
on the nebular hypothesis, ii. [174];
on Mars, [176];
on experiments with sensitives and on prosecution of Slade, [197];
on Dr. Carpenter, [198];
regretting inability to attend Dublin meeting of British Association, [199];
on the advocacy of vaccination, [206];
on dowsing, [206]-8;
on presidency of Psychical Research Society, [208];
on "Creative Thought" and on ministry of angels, [213];
explaining his criticisms of "Creative Thought," [214]-15
—— —— —— letter to F. Bates, on exotic insect-collecting, i. 69
—— —— —— letters to H.W. Bates:
on Darwin's Journal, i. 25;
on "Law regulating Introduction of New Species" and Ternate, 65;
congratulating him on arriving home, 72;
on Darwin, 73
—— —— —— letters to Mr. F. Birch:
on "Mars," ii. [177];
announcing conferment of Order of Merit, [223]-4
—— —— —— letter to Mr. H. Jamyn Brooke, on monism, ii. [177]
—— —— —— letters to Miss Buckley (Mrs. Fisher):
on "Descent of Man," ii. [31]-2;
on physiology of ferns, etc., [40]-1;
on infinity of life-forms, [89]-90;
on house-planning at Broadstone, [119]-20;
on Turks, [153];
on his "Reciprocity" article, [153];
on the earth as only habitable planet, [175];
on Spiritualism, [188]-95;
on psychical and other works, [203]-4;
on his visit to Switzerland, [204];
on re-incarnation and theosophical writings, [205];
on psychical research and Spencer's "Autobiography," [211];
on conferment of Order of Merit, [222];
on his autobiography, and Owen, [224]-5;
on reviews of "My Life," [225]-6
—— —— —— letter to Mr. Sydney C. Cockerell, on Kropotkin's Life, ii. [161]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. Theo. D.A. Cockerell, on fertilisation, ii. [49]
—— —— —— letters to Charles Darwin:
on the Timor honeycomb, i. 143;
on Darwin's "Orchids," 143;
on theory of flight, 145;
on Spencer's "Social Statics," 150;
on Borneo exploration and his contribution to theory of man's origin, 152;
on his paper on Man and Natural Selection, 155;
on the Aru Islands, 161;
on a case of variation becoming hereditary, 162;
on the Reader, 165;
on dimorphism, 168;
suggesting "survival of the fittest" in preference to "natural selection," 170;
on mimicry and glacier action, 176;
on expression, 180;
on "Creation by Law," 188, 192;
on superintendency of a Museum, 193;
on sterility of hybrids, 196;
on natural selection as producing sterility of hybrids, and pangenesis, 199;
on Trimen's paper at the Linnean Society, 201;
on selective sterility, 203, 205, 210;
on Darwin's "Cross Unions of Dimorphic Plants," 218;
on protection and sexual selection, 221, 222, 227;
on the dedication of "Malayan Travels," etc., 232;
on single variations, 234;
on colouring of caterpillars, 235;
on his "unscientific" opinions on Man, 243, 250, 255;
on wing-scales of butterflies, 244;
on Dr. Meyer, 248;
on "Descent of Man," 255, 259, 284;
recommending two remarkable books, 263;
on Mivart and Chauncey Wright's critique, 265;
[pg 289] on Darwin's answer to Mivart, 271;
on Dr. Bree, and Bastian's "Beginnings of Life," 273;
on a Bethnal Green Museum appointment, 277;
on Darwin's "Expression of the Emotions," 279;
on invitation to undertake revision work for Darwin, 281, 282;
on "Climbing Plants," 285;
on Darwin's criticism of "Geographical Distribution," 288, 294;
on Darwin's "Crossing Plants," 296;
on Darwin's "Orchids," 297;
on Darwin's "Forms of Flowers," and glacial theory, 298;
on sufficiency of Natural Selection, 300;
on Epping Forest superintendency, 302, 303;
on "Island Life," 305, 306;
on Darwin's criticism of "Island Life," 308;
on Darwin's "Movements of Plants," 311;
on land migration of plants, 311;
on Civil List pension, 314, 315;
on "Progress and Poverty," 317;
on Darwin's "Earthworms," 320
—— —— —— letters to Sir Francis Darwin:
on Darwin's "Life and Letters," ii. [39];
on descent with modification, [78];
on mutation, [80]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. W.J. Farmer, on final cause of varying colour of hairs, etc., ii. [101]-2
—— —— —— letter to Dr. W.B. Hemsley, on insular floras, ii. [43]-4
—— —— —— letter to Rev. J.B. Henderson, on Christianity, ii. [209]
—— —— —— letter to Sir J. Hooker, on Natural Selection, etc., ii. [81]-2
—— —— —— letters to Huxley:
enclosing a copy of "The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural," ii. [187];
on psychical research, [188]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. J. Hyder, on land nationalisation, ii. [161]
—— —— —— letter to Prof. Knight, on immortality, ii. [178]
—— —— —— letter to Dr. Littledale, acknowledging birthday congratulations, ii. [136]
—— —— —— letters to Sir Oliver Lodge:
on proof of constant variability, and Lord Kelvin's calculations, ii. [74]-5;
on principle of continuity, etc., [178]-9;
acknowledging Romanes' lecture and criticising lectures by Mr. See, [179]-80
—— —— —— letter to Sir C. Lyell, on colour of man, ii. [29]
—— —— —— letters to Mr. J.W. Marshall:
on Hudson's observations and theories, ii. [53]-4;
conveying condolences, and views on a hereafter, [209];
on his autobiography, [226]
—— —— —— letters to Prof. Meldola:
on physiological selection, ii. [36]-8;
on Natural Selection, [41], [42]-3;
on Meldola's controversy with Romanes, [50]-1;
on individual adaptability, [55]-6;
on "discontinuous variation,"[62]-3;
on Weismann's "Germinal Selection,"[68]-70;
on Weismann's doctrine of non-inheritance of acquired characters, [70]-1;
on Weismann's "Germ Plasm,"[72];
on Fisher's "Physics of the Earth's Crust,"[74];
on Meldola's offer to read Wallace's paper at Royal Institute, [87]-8
—— —— —— letter to Mr. Ben. R. Miller, on Sleeper's "Shall we
have Common Sense?" ii. [98]-9
—— —— —— letter to Mr. John (Lord) Morley, on Socialism, ii. [159]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. M.J. Murphy, on Mr. Lloyd George, ii. [164]-5
—— —— —— letter to Dr. Norris, on increasing weakness, ii. [136]-7
—— letter to Miss Norris, on health and diet, ii. [136]
—— —— —— letters to Prof. E.B. Poulton:
on "Protective Value of Colour and Markings in Insects," ii. [39];
[pg 290] on Weismann's "Essays upon Heredity," [44], [45];
on Grant Allen's theory of origin of wheat, [46];
on Cope's "Origin of the Fittest," [47];
on Weismann's additional essays, [51]-3;
on non-heredity of acquired characters, [54]-5;
on maternal impression, [56]-8;
on Bateson's "Material for the Study of Variation," [60]-1;
on Poulton's "Theories of Evolution," [61]-2;
criticising Romanes, [63]-5;
on Poulton's Presidential Address to British Association, [71]-2;
on denudation and deposition, [73];
on mutation, [79];
on Poulton's Presidential Address to Entomological Society, [79];
on Mendelism and mutation, [84];
on Poulton's Introduction to "Essays on Evolution," [85]-6;
on invitation to lecture at Royal Institution, [87];
on Lord Rothschild's butterflies, and Royal Institution lecture, [88]-9;
on an article in the Times, [89];
on Bergson, [98];
on Sleeper's alleged anticipation of Darwinism, [99]-[100];
on declining the Oxford D.C.L. degree, [217]-18;
agreeing to accept the degree, [218]
—— —— —— letters to Dr. Archdall Reid:
on "Present Evolution of Man," ii. [67]-8;
on instinctive knowledge, [68];
on "Ancient Britain and Invasions of Cæsar," [86];
on Mendelism and Evolution, [92]-3
—— —— —— letter to Mr. Clement Reid, on discovery of Miocene or Pliocene Man in India, ii. [62]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. H.N. Ridley, on De Rougemont, ii. [76]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. Alfred Russell, on vegetarianism, ii. [158]
—— —— —— letters to Mr. G. Silk:
on Alexandrian donkey-drivers, i. 45;
on forthcoming visit to Sarawak, 52;
on marriage, 87
—— —— —— letters to Mrs. Sims (his sister):
on his assistant, i. 56, 60;
on missionaries, 62;
on life in Macassar, 64;
on Java and its flora, 85
—— —— —— letters to Thomas Sims:
on Singapore, i. 61;
on monocular and binocular vision, Darwin's "Descent of Species," and belief and disbelief, 73
—— —— —— letters to Mr. E. Smedley:
on Child's "Root Principles," ii. [83]-4, [100]-1;
on prayer, [163];
on Mars, [175];
on horoscope, [215]
—— —— —— letter to Dr. Edwin Smith, on Spiritualism, ii. [210]
—— —— —— letter to Mr. C.G. Stuart-Menteith, on segregation of the unfit, ii. [160]-1
—— —— —— letter to Mr. A.C. Swinton, on suggested lecture tour in Australia, ii. [155]
—— —— —— letters to Sir W. Thiselton-Dyer:
on botanical distribution and migration, ii. [34]-5;
on Darwin Commemoration volume, [90]-1;
on "World of Life,"[93]-5;
on election to Royal Society, [221]-2;
on Romanes' charge against Wallace of plagiarism, [235]-6
—— —— —— letter to Samuel Waddington, on origin of all living things, ii. [77]-8
—— —— —— letters to Mr. A. Wiltshire:
on the Liberal Government, ii. [162];
on necessity for increased wages, [165]
—— —— —— letter to an unknown correspondent, on fauna and flora of Borneo district, and Dyaks, i. 53
—— Annie (A.R. Wallace's wife), ii. [115], [252]
—— Herbert (A.R. Wallace's brother), i. 28, ii. [182], [229]
—— John (A.R. Wallace's brother), i. 11, 13, 15
—— Mary Ann (A.R. Wallace's mother), i. 9
—— Thomas Vere (A.R. Wallace's father), i. 8;
Librarian of Hertford, 13;
straitened circumstances of, 14, 15
—— Violet (daughter of A.R. Wallace), reminiscences of her father, ii. [103]-38
—— W.G. (son of A.R. Wallace), reminiscences of his father, ii. [103]-38
"Wallace's line," i. 43, ii. [19], [232], [233]
War, Wallace's abhorrence of, ii. [245]
Ward, Mr., on muscular fibres of whales, i. 145
Warington, Mr., and "Origin of Species," i. 191
Webb, Mr. W.L., ii. [179]-80
Wedgwood, Josiah, and Darwin, i. 18
Weir, Jenner, on moths, i. 179;
on plumage of birds, 205;
Darwin's appreciation of, 220;
paper at the Entomological Society, 235
Weismann, Prof. A., receives Darwin-Wallace Medal, i. 120;
on colouring of caterpillars, 299;
"Essays upon Heredity," ii. [44] et seq., [51]-2
(see also Non-inheritance of acquired characters)
Wells, Dr., and Natural Selection, i. 116, 176
Westminster Abbey, graves and memorials of men of science in, i. 1;
petition to Dean and Chapter as to medallion to Wallace in, ii. [253];
unveiling of the medallion, [254]
Westwood and theory of flight, i. 145;
Darwin on, 146-7
Whale, muscular fibres of, i. 145
Wilberforce, Bishop, reviews Darwin's "Origin of Species," 144
Williams, Dr., ii. [192]
—— Matthieu, i. 264
Wilson, Mr. D.A., reminiscences of Wallace, ii. [151]-2
Wiltshire, Mr. A., letters to, ii. [162], [165]
Wimborne, Lord, sale of land to Wallace, ii. [119]
Wollaston, Dr., reviews "Origin of Species," i. 142;
tribute to Wallace, ii. [230]
Wollaston's "Coleoptera Atlantidum," ii. [22]-3
Woman, independence and future of, Wallace's views on, ii. [149]-51, [245]
"Wonderful Century," Wallace's, ii. [144], [168], [169], [238]
"Wonders of the World," i. 13
Wood, J.G., book on the horse, ii. [113]
Woodbury, Mr., researches of, i. 146
"World of Life," Wallace's, ii. [8], [94], [167], [172], [176], [178], [182]
"Worms, Formation of Vegetable Mould by Action of," Darwin's, i. 320
Wright, Chauncey, reviews Mivart's "Genesis of Species," i. 264, 265-7
Z
Zöllner, Prof., and supernormal phenomena, ii. [198], [199]
"Zoological Geography of the Malay Archipelago," Wallace's, i, 137, ii. [232]
Zoology, lectures on, at Edinburgh, i, 16; Darwin's study of, at Cambridge, 17