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INDEX 



Bermuda, ii. loo 



Bernheim, Dr., on Lourdes, ii. 307 



Berry, Mrs. Catherine, ii. 277 



Berwyn mountains, R. A. Wallace and 

 Mr. Mitten's walk to, ii. 402 



Bessir, i. 371 



Bethnal Green, museum at, A. R. 

 Wallace applies for directorship of, 

 i. 415, 422 ; ii. 90 



Bettws-y-Coed, North Wales, ii. 404 



Bevan, Mr., civil engineer, i. 136 



Bierstadt, ii. 124 



Biological Section of the British Asso- 

 ciation, A. R. Wallace president of, 

 ii. 49, 98 



Bird, Miss, her account of Lake Tahoe, 

 ii. 174 



Birds of Brazil, described, i. 274 ; search 

 for umbrella-bird, i. 281, 283 ; um- 

 brella-bird, i. 314, 315 ; of Malacca 

 described, i. 339 ; exhibition of, from 

 New Guinea, i. 364 ; collection of, 

 from Batchian, i. 367 ; narrative of 

 search after birds of paradise, i. 387— 

 394 ; writings of A. R. Wallace on, 

 i. 394, 395 ; discussion on the flight 

 of, ii. 25, 26 ; migratory, discussed, 



»• 392, 394 



Birmingham, i. 131, 133 ; new railway 

 to, i. 140 



" Birth of the Solar System, The," 

 discussed, i. 427 



Bishop of Georgia (Dr. Elliott), Colum- 

 bia College, established by the, i. 14, 

 223 



Blackdown, near Haslemere, Tenny- 

 son's residence at, ii. 298 



Blackheath Park, residence of John 

 Stuart Mill, ii. 236 



Blackie, Professor J. Stuart, his con- 

 nection with A. R. Wallace, ii. 257 



Bland, Mr. Hubert, as socialist, ii. 

 272 



Bland, Dr. T. A., editor of The 

 Council Fire, ii. 129 



Blatchford, Robert, his opinions on 

 military expenditure, ii. 223; "Merrie 

 England " by, ii. 268 



Bloomington, Indiana, A. R. Wallace 

 lectures at, ii. 145 



Bluecoal School at Hertford, i. 42 



Boisduval, Dr., his book on butterflies, 

 i. 329 



Bombay, i. 383 



Bonaparte, Prince Lucien, "Conspec- 

 tus Generum Avium " by, i. 327, 355 



Bond, Dr., Lord Grimthorpe's letter to, 



»• 357, 358 

 Borneo, i. 341, 350, 359 ; Sir James 



Brooke's return to, ii. 52 

 Borrer, Mr. William, botanist, ii. 404 

 Borrow, George, author of" Lavengro," 



quoted on Welsh mutton, i. 159, 161; 



on Welsh literature, i. 168 ; quoted 



on Pistill Rhaiadwr waterfall, ii. 



403 

 Boston, A. R. Wallace stays at, ii. 108 ; 



first lecture at, ii. 109 ; occupation 



at, ii. no, 115, 116; A. R. Wallace 



describes seances at, ii. 337-341 

 Botany, A. R. Wallace's first interest 



in, i. Ill ; his studies in, i. 192- 



197 ; first literary effort in, i. 



199 

 Boulton and Watt, Messrs., i. 133 

 Bouru, i. 395 ; paper by A. R. Wallace 



on the birds of, i. 396 

 Boutleroff, the biologist, visits at Grays, 



ii. 93 

 Bowman, Mr. Robert, A. R. Wallace 



stays with, ii. 112 

 Boyd-Kinnear, Mr. J., A. R. Wallace 



stays with, at Guernsey, ii. 256, 



257 

 "Boy's Own Book," i. 64 

 Brackett, Mr. E. A., author of 



" Materialized Apparitions," ii. 337 ; 



stance with, ii. 339, 340 

 Bradgate Park, rambles in, i. 237 

 Bradley, Professor, of University of 



California, ii. 165 

 Brady, Sir Antonio, ii. 90 

 Branner, Dr., A. R. Wallace stays 



with, ii. 145, 146. See vote ii. 167, 



168 

 Brassey, Sir Thomas, his connection 



with the Industrial Remuneration 



Conference, ii. 250 ; A. R. Wallace's 



correspondence with, ii. 395 

 Brazil, collections from, i. 264 

 Brecknockshire, W. and A. R. Wallace 



land-surveying in, i. 160-167 



