My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org
My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org My life : a record of events and opinions - Wallace-online.org
VllIPREFACEdue to environment, would be extremely interesting,I have kept this in mind, perhaps unduly, though Iam not at all sure that my own conclusions on thispoint are correct.It is difficult to write such a record as mine(extending to the memories of nearly eighty years)without subjecting one's self to the charge of diffusenessor egotism, and I cannot hope to escape thisaltogether. But as my experiences have been certainlyvaried, if not exciting, I trust that the frequentchange of scene and of occupation, together with thediversity of my interests and of the persons withwhom I have been associated, may render this storyof my life less tedious than might have beenanticipated.My thanks are due to those friends who haveassisted me with facts or illustrations, and especiallyto Mrs. Arthur Waugh, who has been so kind as tomake the very full Index to my book.Old Orchard, Broadstone,September^ 190 5-
CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI. My Relatives and Ancestors . . . iII. My Earliest Memories, Usk and Hertford13III. My School Life at Hertford ... 26IV. London Workers, Secularists andOWENITES 43V. Land Surveying in Bedfordshire . . 58VI. Radnorshire 74VII. Residence in South Wales : BrecknockshireAND Glamorganshire ... 87VIII. Self-education in Science and LiteratureIX. Life at Leicester and Neath .lOI. .121X. Four Years in the Amazon Valley . .143XL London, and Voyage to the East . . 163XII. In the Malay Archipelago (1854-1858) . 175XIII. In the Malay Archipelago (1S58-1862) . 189XIV. Life in London, 1862-1871 — ScientificAND Literary Work 203
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CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI. <strong>My</strong> Relatives <strong>and</strong> Ancestors . . . iII. <strong>My</strong> Earliest Memories, Usk <strong>and</strong> Hertford13III. <strong>My</strong> School Life at Hertford ... 26IV. London Workers, Secularists <strong>and</strong>OWENITES 43V. L<strong>and</strong> Surveying in Bedfordshire . . 58VI. Radnorshire 74VII. Residence in South Wales : BrecknockshireAND Glam<strong>org</strong>anshire ... 87VIII. Self-education in Science <strong>and</strong> LiteratureIX. Life at Leicester <strong>and</strong> Neath .lOI. .121X. Four Years in the Amazon Valley . .143XL London, <strong>and</strong> Voyage to the East . . 163XII. In the Malay Archipelago (1854-1858) . 175XIII. In the Malay Archipelago (1S58-1862) . 189XIV. Life in London, 1862-1871 — ScientificAND Literary Work 203
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