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Principles of Viticulture ; while other chapters treat of Vintage and 

 Vinifocalwn, the Chemistry of Alcohol, the Acids, Ether, Sugars, 

 and other matters occurring in wine. This introductory matter 

 occupies the first nine chapters, the remaining seventeen chapters 

 being occupied with a detailed account of the Viticulture and the 

 Wines of the various countries of Europe, of the Atlantic Islands, 

 of Asia, of Africa, of America, and of Australia. Besides a 

 number of Analytical and Statistical Tallies, the work is enriched 

 witli eighty-five illustrative woodcuts. "A treatise almost unique 

 for its usefulness either to the wme-grower, the vendor, or the con- 

 sumer of wine. The analyses of wine are the most complete we 

 have yet seen, exhibiting at a glance the constituent principles of 

 nearly all the wines known in this country." — Wine Trade Review. 



Wallace (A. R.)— contributions to the theory 



OF NATURAL SELECTION. A Series of Essays. By 

 Alfred Russel Wallace, Author of " The Malay Archipelago,'' 

 etc. Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions. Crown 

 •Svo. 8s. 6d. (For other Works by the same Author, see Cata- 

 logue of History and Travels.) 



Mr. Wallace has good claims to be considered as an independent 

 originator of the theory of natural selection. Dr. Hooker, in 

 his address to the British Association, spoke thus of the author : 

 " Of Mr. Wallace and his many contributions to philosophical 

 biology it is not easy to speak without enthusiasm ; for, putting 

 aside their great merits, he, throughout his writings, with a 

 modesty as rare as I believe it to be uuconsciouj, forgets his own 

 unquestioned claim to the honour of having originated indepen- 

 dently of Mr. Darwin, the theories which he so ably defends" 

 The Saturday Review says : "He has combined an abundance oj 

 fresh and original facts with a liveliness and sagacity of reasoning 

 which are not often displayed so effectively on so small a scale." 

 The Essays in this volume are : — /. "On the Law -which has regu- 

 lated the introduction of New Species." II. "On the Pendencies of 

 Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original Type:' III. "Mi- 

 micry, and other Protective Resemblances among Animals." II . 

 " The Malayan Papiliouid,e, as illustrative of the Theory oj 

 Natural Selection." V. "On Instinct in Man and Animals.'' 

 VI. " The Philosophy of Birds' Nests." VII. " A Theory oj 

 Birds' Nests." VIII. " Creation by Law." IN. " The Develop- 

 ment of Human Races under the Law of Natural Selection." 

 X. " The Limits of Natural Selection as applied to Man." 



