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404 INDEX;London, early life in, 43-4$ ; lifein, 163-170, 203-216"Looking Backward," by Bellamy,327Loss of collections, 155Louray Caves, 276Lowell Institute, Boston, 272Lowell J. Russell, 238, 273Lowell, Professor P., on Mars, 316Lubbock, Sir John, 244Lung-disease, 77-78Lunn, Dr., lecture for, 302, 303Lyell's Geology, 71, 88Lyell, Sir C, 183, 192, 193, 211,220-226, 362 ; letters to, 221,224Lyman, D., a spiritualist, 347MMacassar, 186, 187, 1S9Mackay, Charles, 324-326Macmillan, A., 258Macmillan, Margaret, 328Meiringen, visit to, 301Maescar, survey of, 91Maen Llia, 92Malacca, 176Malay Archipelago, journey to,169-174, 202, 210, 216Malays, the, 200Malthus's " Population," 123, 190Manchester Guardia?i, letter to, onwar, 305Man, development of, 236Natural Selection and, 212"Man's Place in the Universe,"312Marriage of A. R. Wallace, 214" Mars, Is it habitable ? " 316Martin, Mr., a London builder, 8Martin, William, 349Massey, Gerald, a spiritualist, 328Matabello Islands, 195Mathews, Mr., 68, 72-73Mechanics, I-ondon, 44Mechanics' Institute, Neath, 135Medal, Darwin-Wallace, 397Medals, 246Memory, peculiarity of, 16Menado, Celebes, 195Mental nature, 115, 118Mesmerism, 124-127, 129, 334Migration of Birds, 305, 388Mill, John Stuart, 319-321Mill, oil cake, 23Mimicry, 208, 212, 228Mirlees, Mr. and Mrs., 258" Miracles and Modern Spiritualism,"264, 334Mitten, William, 213, 214, 301,315Mivart, Professor St, G., 249, 302Models of natives, 166, 167Monck, Mr., medium, 342, 343Money matters, 357, 378Monitor, R. Owen's silent, 54Monkeys, 199Morgan, Professor Lloyd, 213, 30$Morley, John, 337Morrison-Davidson, a socialist,328Morris, Sir L., socialist poems,328Moseley, Professor, 188Mount-Temple, Lord, 269Mouth-gesture, 385Murchison, Sir R., 169, 170Museum, British, business methods,372Mutton, G. Borrow on Welsh, 86Myers's "Human Personality,"343NNatives, government of, 182, 200 ;models of, at the Crystal Palace,166, 167; Sarawak, 178Natural selection, 207, 211, 217,224, 300Neath, Vale of, 94, 131 ; sceneryof, 13s, 136Neaves, Lord, humorous versesof, 257Nests, theory of birds', 212, 382New Guinea, collecting in,New ideas, 380194Nevada Fall, the, 279Newcastle, lecture in, 295New Lanark, 45New Radnor, 75
INDEX 405Newton, Professor A., 256, 262Niagara, 274Nineteenth Cetituiy, articles in,300Nolloth, Commander, 170Nutwood Cottage, built for A. R.Wallace, 270OOceans, permanence of, 384Oilcake mill, Hertford, 23" Old Orchard " House, 307Old Red Sandstone, 89Ophir Mount, 176Orang-utan, 177, 17S-180Ordnance survey, 59-61Origin of life, 239Origin of species, 144, 183-185,189-194, 211Osgood, Samuel, a mining surveyor,96-98Owen, Mr,, editor of Golden Gate,351Owen, Robert, 45, 46 ; socialphilosophy, 47, 48Owen, Robert Dale, 46Oxford, degree of D.C.L. givenby the University of, 295" Personal Evidence of SpiritPhenomena, Notes of," 334, 336Personal characteristics, 115-118" Personal suffrage," 315Photography, a suggestion, 112Phrenology, 17, 125, 140-142Pierpont, Jno., portrait' of, 353Pigeons of the Malay Archipelago,206Plants, Arctic, in temperateregions, 385Playloft, at Hertford, 35Political and moral views ofRobert Owen, 47Polymorphism, in Malayan butterflies,209Porth-yr-Ogof, 137-139Portraits, spirit, 353, 354Poulton, Professor E. B., 295Predictions fulfilled, 390Price, Mr., Neath Abbey, 96Principles of Sociology, 241Problem of Instinct, 388Protective colouring, 208, 209 ;colouration, 228, 229Proving the earth round, 362-372Psychical research, 124Purland, Dr. T., 252, 256 j lettersfrom, 254Pain, in childhood, not severe, 19Palembang, 199Palisades of the Hudson river,283" Palms of the Amazon," 165PapilionidK, paper on the Malayan,207Pangenesis, 221Para, arrival at, 146Paradise, birds of, 1S8, 195, 201,207Parkstone, residence at, 297-306Parrots and pigeons, papers on,206Pears, Messrs., prize essay, 270Pearson, Professor Karl, 328Pension, civil list,374Permanence of Oceans, 384Quakers' Meeting, 41Quarterly Revieiv, article in, 211RRadnorshire, surveying in, 74-79Railway carriages, early, 72Railway, London and Birmingham,69, 72Railway speculation, 132Railways, nationalization of, 318Ramage, Dr., cures my lungs, 77Randi, Signor, seances with, 339Reading, miscellaneous, 39Reasoning power, 115Reception of my works, 377Reclus, Elisee, 298" Red Lions," fraternity of, 257
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UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL10
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PREFACE TO THE NEWEDITIONAmong the
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CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI. My Relatives
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ILLUSTRATIONSAlfred R. WallaceFront
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MY LIFEA RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINI
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MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 3How or
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MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 5master
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MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 7in 1837
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MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS 9England
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MARY ANNE WALLACE. AGED 1 8.{.4i ti
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12 MY LIFEwere told it was a histor
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14 MY LIFEtrout in their season. It
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i6MY LIFEtwo to the woods beyond, t
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18 MY LIFEamid which I have lived a
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20 MY LIFEhair was of a very light
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22 MY LIFEwe often saw him standing
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24 MY LIFEwas an old-fashioned mill
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CHAPTER IIIMY SCHOOL LIFE AT HERTFO
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30 MY LIFElaziness and ignorance we
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32 MY LIFEOur regular games were cr
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34 MY LIFEIn an article on the civi
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36 MY LIFEoutside by which hay coul
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38 MY LIFEmy father's family, to be
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40 MY LIFEof Wakefield," and some o
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42 MY LIFEextempore prayers, the fr
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44 MY LIFEemployed all lived in the
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46 MY LIFEopportunity one day to re
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;48 MY LIFEdenied free-will, becaus
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52 MY LIFEchildren ; but difficulti
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54 MY LIFEword of censure, for the
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56 MY LIFEbeneficial results at whi
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CHAPTER VSURVEYING INBEDFORDSHIREIt
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6oMY LIFEchurch spires of Barton an
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64 MY LIFEthe roadside, were six an
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'"66 MY LIFEBedfordshire, to which
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'70 MY LIFEAt the same time the can
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—CHAPTER VIRADNORSHIREIn the autu
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76 MY LIFElike Wales, where, from a
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78 MY LIFEwhich he told us where to
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8oMY LIFEwas simple robbery, as the
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82 MY LIFEbe well for a moment to s
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—;84 MY LIFEthe banks of every ri
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86 MY LIFEcertainly was, both unjus
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88 MY LIFEmile of the summit, makin
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RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES 89bounded
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PLAN OF TOP OF BEACONS.SECTION OF T
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92 MY LIFEfirst went to Senni Bridg
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RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES 93Among th
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RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES 95mountain
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RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES 97nearly s
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;RESIDENCE IN SOUTH WALES 99the pri
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CHAPTER VIIISELF-EDUCATION IN SCIEN
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SELF-EDUCATION IN SCIENCE, ETC. 103
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CHAPTER IXLIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEA
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 123or p
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 125effe
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 127foun
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 129many
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 131to N
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 133Itco
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LIFE AT LEICESTER AND NEATH 135the
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lORTH-YR-OGuF, VALE OF NEATH.\Tofac
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142 MY LIFEConscientiousness ought
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;CHAPTER XFOUR YEARS IN THE AMAZON
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IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 145publication
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;IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 147directions
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IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 149" My canoe
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IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 151ornaments,
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IN THE AMAZON VALLEY 153the hold, w
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A. R. WALLACE. AGED 30.{To fact- p.
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i64MY LIFEable to begin the work wh
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i66MY LIFEI had brought with me voc
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i68MY LIFEgroups illustrating the l
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—170 MY LIFEbooks, and had spent
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172 MY LIFEwished to walk, and woul
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174 MY LIFEsand-grouse, and sand-la
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176 MY LIFEwork again till six : co
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——178 MY LIFEIn another letter
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l8oMY LIFEfashionable society at th
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ai82MY LIFEhe cannot bring the dead
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And190 MY LIFEsharp attack of inter
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192 MY LIFEThe effect of my paper u
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194 MY LIFEtherefore, that I may ha
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—196 MY LIFEcontinued perseveranc
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198 MY LIFEbecause they are so much
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—200 MY LIFEwith one or other of
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202 MY LIFEfor a place to stand the
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204 MY LIFEbeetles,and land-shells,
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Lombok.
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208 MY LIFEof the whole lepidoptero
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210 MY LIFEforms, which in the few
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212 MY LIFEMany of these had appear
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214 MY LIFEthus became intimate wit
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SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY WORK 217and
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SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY WORK 219ver
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LYELL AND DARWIN 221manners, his fu
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—LYELL AND DARWIN 223and allied q
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LYELL AND DARWIN 225Sir Charles quo
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LYELL AND DARWIN 227he usually did
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—LYELL AND DARWIN 229" My dear Wa
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LYELL AND DARWIN 231I was so anxiou
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LYELL AND DARWIN 233" Down, January
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LYELL AND DARWIN 235" I am delighte
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LYELL AND DARWIN 237subdued colorat
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"CHAPTER XVIHERBERT SPENCER, HUXLEY
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CHAPTER XVIIHOME LIFE AND WORK(187O
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CHAPTER XVIIIA LECTURE TOUR IN AMER
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 277embedd
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 279Bridal
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 281But of
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 283walls,
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;A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 285beaut
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 289become
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 291the be
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A LECTURE-TOUR IN AMERICA 293and wi
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 295I gave s
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 297and the
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 299During t
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 301chiefly
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 303week, ea
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FRIENDS AND OCCUPATIONS 305From thi
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322 MY LIFEto the land by the owner
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324 MY LIFEvarious parts of England
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326 MY LIFELongridge Road, South Ke
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328 MY LIFEphilosophy and the const
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;CHAPTER XXIMESMERISM TO SPIRITUALI
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344 MY LIFEhow, under similar condi
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346 MY LIFE—At another special se
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348 MY LIFEthis curtain on which sa
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352 MY LIFEfrom the table, looking
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