INDEX 



455 



U 



Uaupes, A. R. Wallace's expedi- 

 tion up the, i. 288; savages on, 

 i. 288; map of, i. 314; Count 

 Stradelli's expedition up the, i. 

 318; comparison of maps, i. 318- 

 320; Dr. Koch's expedition up 

 the, i. 320 



Umbrella bird described, i. 315 



Usk, the Wallace family removed 

 to, i. 12; A. R. Wallace's child- 

 ish recollections of, i. 20-29, 160 



"Usk Bridge," poem by T. V. 

 Wallace, i. 18 



Vaccination, A. R. Wallace on, 

 ii. 105 ; Royal Commission on, 



ii. 369, 370 



"Vaccination a Delusion," by A. 

 R. Wallace, ii. 370 



Val Savaranches, i. 414 



Van Voel, i. 163 



Varley, Mr. Cromwell R, ii. 295, 

 300; evidence of, in the Report 

 of the Dialectical Society, ii. 

 309 ; his letter on spiritualism, 

 ii. 308, 311; tries electrical test, 



ii. 341 

 Vassar College, America, A. R. 



Wallace lectures at, ii. 112, 113 

 Venezuela, A. R. Wallace visits, 



i. 285 

 Verdi, description of railway 



journey to, ii. 175 

 Vergez, Dr., of Bareges, ii. 322 

 " Vestiges of the Natural History 



of Creation," correspondence 



on, i. 254, 355, 362 

 "Vicar of Wakefield, The," read 



by A. R. Wallace, i. 74 

 Villeneuve, i. 414 

 " Vision of Judgment," William 



Wallace's opinion of, i. 112 

 "Vital Statistics," by Pierce, ii 



368 

 Volckman, Mr. W., ii. 295 



Voorst, Mr. Van, " Palms of the 

 Amazon and Rio Negro," pub- 

 lished by, i. 322 



"Voyage up the Amazon, A," by 

 W. H. Edwards, i. 264 



W 



Waghorn, Lieut, route from 

 Alexandria to Suez made by, i. 

 336 



Waigiou Island, i. 370, 371 



Walker, General Francis, A. R. 

 Wallace makes the acquaintance 

 of, ii. 109, 115 



Wallace, Alfred Russel : 

 Childhood and Youth, i.1-78 — 

 relatives and ancestors of, i. 

 1-6; account of the life of his 

 father, i. 6-14; account of lives 

 of his brothers and sisters, i. 

 14-16; his description of his 

 father's appearance and charac- 

 ter, i. 16-19; earliest recollec- 

 tions of Usk, i. 20; fishing for 

 lampreys, i. 22 ; memories of 

 Usk Castle, i. 23 ; psychological 

 peculiarity of, i. 24; childish 

 dream of, i. 27; removal of the 

 family to Hertford and recol- 

 lections of the journey, i. 30; 

 first school, i. 31 ; beginning of 

 friendship with George Silk, i. 

 32; description of Hertford and 

 surroundings, i. 33-45 ; attends 

 Grammar School, i. 46; first 

 serious illness, i. 46; visit to 

 Norfolk, i. 47; account of life 

 at school, i. 48-58; feelings of 

 shame and misery at having to 

 help teach, i. 58-62; home life 

 described, i. 63; occupations, 

 64-69; boarded with Miss 

 Davies, i. 69; family affairs, i. 

 72; influences, i. 74; religious 

 training, i. 77 



London, i. 79-104 — 



goes to his brother John in 

 London, i. 79; on the condition 



