Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2Wallace, Alfred Russel
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Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2
Wallace, Alfred Russel
Naturalists -- Correspondence; Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913
---- 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
Erotylidae, 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
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