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Principles of Viticulture; while other chapters treat of Vintage and 

 Vitrification, 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 Tables, the work is enriched 

 zvith eighty-five illustrative woodcuts. ' 'A treatise almost unique 

 for its usefulness either to the wine-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 

 8vo. &r. 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 unconscious, forgets his OIVH 

 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 of 

 fresh and original facts with a liveliness and sagacity of reasoning 

 :vhich are not often displayed so effectively on so small a scale" 

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

 tated the introduction of New Species." II. "On the Tendencies of 

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

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

 " The Malayan Papilionida, as illustrative of the Theory of 

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

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

 Birds' 1 Nests." VIII. " Creation by Law." IX. " The Develop 

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

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



