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Index 



IV. mm, Galton at, I 96, 133, 134 



Viriculture, II 119. See also Kugt MM 



Virtue, characters associated with, II 197 



Vision, measurement of acuity of, II 222, 223, 336; in 

 Jewish children, III A 426 



Visionaries, Galton on, II 254 



Visionary tendencies, repression of, II 244, 245 



Visions and visualisation, II 244 



Visits of Galton, summary of, III B 443-445 



Visualised Numerals, III B 469. See also Number Forms 



Visualising, faculty of, II 236, 244; in Darwin, II 194, 

 195; in Dr Erasmus Darwin, II 196; in scientists, 

 II 237, 243; in artists, etc., II 243; in orators, II 252; 

 in women, II 242; in different races, II 239, 240, 252; 

 on starvation of, II 240; descriptions of, II 240; ideal 

 form of, II 241; utility of, II 253; and use of words, 

 II 274; inheritance of, II 239, 242, 253; acquired by 

 training, II 253 



Vital Capacity, maximum values of, II 374; percentile 

 values of, II 376; growth curves for, II 377; corre- 

 lation of, with strength of squeeze, II 377; values of, 

 at each rank, II 390; and stature, isograms of, II 391 



Vivacity, in pairs of brothers, III A 247 



Vogt, paper of, II 195 



Voltaire, skit of, III B 535 



de Vries, H., and Galton's views, III A 82; cited by 

 Galton, III* 12 o 



Wadi Haifa, Galton reaches, I 203 



Waste, H., work of, on finger-prints, III A 140 



Waldstein (Sir Charles Walston), on Herculaneum, 

 III B 589 



Walfisch Bay, Galton at, I 221, 222, 236-238 



Walker, E., at Cambridge, I 167, 190 



Walker, Prof., on mimicry, III A 370 



Wallace, year books of American trotting horses, III A 98 



Wallace, Alfred Bussel, and spiritualism, II 62; as- 

 sociated with 'The Reader' and 'Nature,' II 68, 69; 

 on ' Hereditary Genius,' II 115; on Galton's theory of 

 heredity, II 187; on Galton's paper on Twins, II 187; 

 on need for experimental zoology, III A 81, 128, 129; 

 correspondence of, with Galton, on experimental 

 breeding, III A 128-133; and statistical method, 

 III A 133; on Darwinism, III A 370; medallist of 

 Linnean Society, III A 340; Copley medallist, III A 431, 

 I1I B 614; at Darwin's funeral, II 198; death of, 

 III A 342 



Waller, on Elizabeth Savile, I 20 



Wallington, Col., on visit to Fazakerley, with Galton, 

 IIIB 456 



' Walloping,' and its derivation, III B 591 



Walston, Sir Charles, finds finger-prints on a Greek seal, 

 III A 174. See also Waldstein 



Wanderlust, in Galton, I 24, 55, 58, 120, 122, 123, 126- 

 128, 130, 132, 134, 135, 139, 205, II 1, etc. 



Ward, Dr J., letters of Galton to, II 214, III B 479, 493 



Warming rooms, Charles Darwin's method of, III s 591, 

 592 



Warner, Francis, on Eugenics, III A 259 



Warren, Samuel, and a lecture at Leamington, III B 536 



Wasps, work on, III A 312 



Watson, Rev. H. W., and Galton's wave machine, II 52, 

 53; work of, III B 486; on the extinction of surnames, 

 II 341-343, III B 461 



Watson, Dr Spence, Galton's visits to, II 103, 393; and 

 the widow of the Sheriff of Wazan, III B 510 



Watt, James, copying machine of, III B 580 



Watts, O. F., Galton's appreciation of pictures of, 

 III B 583 



Wave Engine, Galton's invention of, II 51, 52 



Wavell, Mrs W., assistance from, I viii 



Wax, in the ear, Galton prescribes for, III B 464 



Wealth, evils of inherited, II 83, 118; misuse of, II 164; 

 and social stability, II 113 



Weather, charts, origin of, II 41-43; preparation of, 

 II 42; problems concerning, II 54-58; proposals for 

 posting up at the Meteorological Office, information 

 regarding, III B 481 



Webb, Jonas, breeder of Southdown sheep, statue to, 

 at Cambridge, III B 463 



Webb, Mrs Sidney, appreciation of Galton by, III A 239, 

 240 



Webbed Soles, for swimming, III d 546 



Weber-Fechner Law, Galton's use of, II 227; and 

 Gaussian hypothesis, II 227; as source of error in 

 mental impressions, II 296, 297 ; and tests of muscular 

 sense, II 217, 218; model to illustrate action of, II 307 



Webster, Mr, Basque scholar, III B 559-561 



W edderburn, pamphlet of, II 181 



Wedgwood, Hensleigh, and spiritualism, II 66 



Wedgwood, Josiah, and Dr Priestley, I 44 



Wee Ling, an albino Pekingese puppy, finds a home with 

 Galton, III A 391-393, 395, 397, 398, 427, III B 600, 

 603, III A 390 Plate XXXVIII; and Confucius, 

 III A 399 



Weeds, in the garden of humanity, III A 220 



Weight, of boys in town and country schools, II 125, 126, 

 337; and muscular sense, II 217; maximum values of, 

 II 374; percentile values of, II 376; values of, at each 

 rank, II 390; of British noblemen during three 

 generations, III A 136, 137 



Weismann, A., letter of, to Galton, on continuity of the 

 germ-plasm, etc., III A 340, 341 ; medallist of Linnean 

 Soc., III A 340; hon. member of German Eugenia 

 Soc, III* 388; death of, III A 342 



Welby, Lady, and Galton, III A 379, 380, III B 529, 584 



Weldon, W. F. R., and Galton, II 419, III A 239, 241, 318; 

 and Galton's School, III A 57; co-operation of, II 321, 

 322; and experiments with dice, II 405; 'Biometrika' 

 and, III A 100, 243-245, 250, 281, 334; on Committee 

 for Measurement of Plants and Animals (or Evolu- 

 tion Committee), III A 126, 127, 287, 288, 290, 291; 

 early correlations determined by, III B 483, 484; some 

 work of, III A 126, 127, 251, 259, 279; on farm for 

 experimental breeding, III A 134, 135; letters of, 

 IIIA 285, IIIB 542 ; correspondence of, with Galton, 

 IIIB 483 > 484, 525-527, 535, 540-542, 561; death of, 

 IIIA 280, 291, 292, III B 568-570; characteristics of, 

 III A 282; eloge on, III A 281, 285, 287, 289, 301; 

 memorial to, III A 281, 284-286, 291; portraits of, 

 III A 282. See also Weldon Memorial 



Weldon, Mrs, work of, on mice, III A 315, 360 



Weldon Memorial, III A 127, 224, 281, 284-286, 291, 297, 

 315, 328, 333 



Wellington, army of, III B 555 



Wells, H. 67., on Eugenics or stirpiculture, III A 259;. on 

 methods of improving the human race, III A 259, 260 



Welsh, finger-prints of the, III A 193 



Wen, inheritance of a, III A 375 



West Indian Islands, excess of females in, II 337 



Westcott, Bishop, Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, III A 236, 



238 

 Westermarck, E., chairman at Galton's lecture on 



marriage restrictions, III A 266, 268, 269 

 Westmacott, bas-reliefs of, for Royal Exchange, I 189 

 Wetherby, studbook of, III A 96 

 Whaley, home of Hubert Galton, sketch of, I 48 



Plate XXIX 

 Wheatstone, Sir 67., Galton on, II 208 

 Wheler, Elizabeth Anne, Galton's 'Sister Bessie,' on the 

 birth and childhood of Galton, I 63-65, 82; early 

 letters of Galton to, I 95-97, 110, 111, 116-120, 159; 



