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proves of term " survival of the 

 fittest," 171 ; birth of a son, 188 ; 

 later views on Natural Selection, 

 217, 218 ; dedicates " Malayan 

 Travels " to Darwin, 232 ; birth 

 of a daughter, 234 ; visits Wales, 

 247 ; reviews " Descent of Man," 

 260 ; on Chauncey Wright and 

 Mivart, 265-7 ; Bethnal Green 

 Museum directorship, 277 ; and 

 second edition of " Descent of 

 Man," 281 (note), 282, 283 ; social 

 and political views, 283, 317, 319, 

 ii. 139-65, 245-7 ; at Dorking, i. 

 294, 297, ii. 106 ; and the superin- 

 tendency of Epping Forest, i. 302, 

 303, 304, 306, ii, 106 ; writes a 

 work on Geography, i. 304, ii. 14 ; 

 recommended for a Civil List pen- 

 sion, i. 313-16 ; works on Bio- 

 logy, etc., ii. 3 et seq. ; articles for 

 " Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11 ; 

 lectures at Boston, U.S.A., 15 ; 

 correspondence on biology, geo- 

 graphical distribution, etc., 18- 

 102 ; on theory of flight, i. 145, 

 ii. 25-8 ; and Mivart's " Genesis 

 of Species," 34 ; friendship with 

 Meldola, 35 ; theory of animal 

 heat, 35 ; and Romanes, 36 et seq., 

 49 et seq. ; on ferns, 40 ; on 

 sterility and Natural Selection, 

 41 et seq. f admitted to Royal 

 Society, 55, 56, 221, 222 ; on 

 " discontinuous variation," 62-3 ; 

 theory of mouth-gesture as a 

 factor in origin of language, 65 ; 

 on non-heredity of acquired char- 

 acters, 70 ; his last public lec- 

 ture, 87, 222-3 ; two of his works 

 translated into Japanese, 100 ; 

 home life, 103-138 ; domesticity 

 of, 104 ; skill at chess, 107 ; 

 Examiner in Physiography at 

 South Kensington, 109 ; as house- 

 builder, 110, 111, 119-120 ; hon- 

 ours from scientific societies, 113 ; 

 enthusiasm for orchids, 114 ; his 

 method of writing, 120-1, 243 ; 



and psychical research, 122, 167, 

 181-215, 239-40 ; daily routine, 

 123-4 ; sense of humour, 125-6, 

 132, 133, 134, 226, 227, 228; re- 

 ceives the Order of Merit, 127-9 ; 

 his Sarawak spider, 131 ; failing 

 health, 135 et seq. ; death, 138, 

 252 ; funeral, 252 ; memorial in 

 Westminster Abbey, 253-5; lists 

 of writings, 257 



Wallace, Alfred Russel, letters to his 

 mother : announcing arrival at 

 Singapore, i. 47 ; describing work 

 at Singapore, 48 ; on Malacca and 

 missionaries, 49 ; on his collections 

 and visit to Rajah Brooke, 51 ; 

 on the Rajah, 59 ; on corre- 

 spondence from Darwin and 

 Hooker, and his Aru collection, 

 71 ; on plans for collecting at 

 Java, and impending return to 

 England, 83 



letter to his wife, 



sending plants from Furka Pass, 

 ii. 115 



letters to his son, Mr. 



W. G. Wallace: on building of 

 house at Parkstone, ii. 111-13 ; on 

 purchase of land at Broadstone and 

 garden plans, 117-18 ; enclosing 

 ground plan of house and de- 

 scribing progress, 118-20 ; on 

 " Man's Place in the Universe," 

 and Spiritualism, 121-2 ; request- 

 ing revision of " Mars," 122 ; on 

 forthcoming lecture at the Royal 

 Institution, and conferment of 

 Order of Merit, 127-9; on dis- 

 covery of a rare moth and beetles 

 in root of an orchid, 129-30 ; on 

 the railway strike, 163-4 



letters to his daughter 



"Violet : on " victims of Land- 

 lordism," ii. 113 ; on " Free- 

 land " and " Looking Backward," 

 114 ; on orchid growing, 114 ; on 

 use of a wagging tail, 115-16 ; on 

 " Maha Bharata," 116 ; on eight 

 hours' movement, 156 



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