tailieunhanh - Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 (of 2)

During the period covered by the reception, exposition, and gradual acceptance of the theory of Natural Selection, both Wallace and Darwin were much occupied with closely allied scientific work. The publication in 1859 of the "Origin of Species"[1] marked a distinct period in the course of Darwin's scientific labours; his previous publications had, in a measure, prepared the way for this, and those which immediately followed were branches growing out from the main line of thought and argument contained in the "Origin," an overflow of the "mass of facts" patiently gathered during the preceding years. With Wallace, the end of the first period of his literary. | Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Vol. 2 1 Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Vol. 2 The Project Gutenberg EBook of Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 of 2 by James Marchant This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences Vol 2 of 2 Author James Marchant Release Date June 7 2005 EBook 15998 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE Produced by Digital Multimedia Center Michigan State University Libraries. Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe Josephine Paolucci Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Transcriber s note Footnotes moved to end of book ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE LETTERS AND REMINISCENCES Illustration . WALLACE 1913 Alfred Russel Wallace Letters and Reminiscences By James Marchant _With Two Photogravures and Eight Half-tone Plates_ IN TWO VOLUMES Volume II CASSELL AND COMPANY LTD London New York Toronto and Melbourne 1916 PART III 2 CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PART III I. WALLACE S WORKS ON BIOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION II. CORRESPONDENCE ON BIOLOGY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION ETC. 1864-98 III. CORRESPONDENCE ON BIOLOGY GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION ETC. 1894-1913 PART IV HOME LIFE PART V SOCIAL AND POLITICAL VIEWS PART VI SOME FURTHER PROBLEMS I. ASTRONOMY II. SPIRITUALISM PART VII CHARACTERISTICS APPENDIX LISTS OF WALLACE S WRITINGS INDEX LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME II . WALLACE 1913 Photogravure Frontispiece MRS. . WALLACE ABOUT 1895 THE STUDY AT OLD ORCHARD . WALLACE ADMIRING EREMURUS ROBUSTUS ABOUT 1905 PART VII 3 GRAVE OF ALFRED RUSSEL AND ANNIE WALLACE WALLACE AND DARWIN MEDALLIONS IN THE NORTH AISLE OF THE CHOIR OF WESTMINSTER ABBEY Alfred Russel .