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