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INDEX 



"Pickwick Papers," read by A. R. 



Wallace, i. 75 

 Pierce, " Vital Statistics" by, ii. 351 

 Pieridse, A. R. Wallace on, i. 403 

 Pigeons, A. R. Wallace on, i. 397- 



400 

 Pigs, distribution of, i. 420 

 "Pilgrim's Progress, The," A. R. Wal- 

 lace's pleasure in reading, i. 74, 



227 

 Pistill Rhaiadwr, waterfall, described, 



ii. 403 

 Plants, distribution of, ii. 98-IOI 

 Pliocene period, i. 419 

 " Plurality of Words," by Whewell, ii. 



288 

 Plynlymmon, i. 145 

 Political Prisoners' Aid Society, Miss 



Helen Taylor, president of, ii. 256 

 Pont-nedd-Fychan, South Wales, i. 



179, 249, 251 ; ii. 404 

 Pont-y-glyn, A. R. Wallace and Mr. 



Mitten's walk to, ii. 401 

 Poole, ii. 227 

 Pope Clement IV., epitaph on, quoted 



i. 8, 9 

 Pope's « ' Iliad," read by A. R. Wallace, 



i- 75 



Popenhoe, Professor, botanist, ii. 152, 



153 

 Port Patrick, Ireland, ii. 200 

 Portman, Lord, Mr. Wilson, agent to, 



i- 31 



Portrush, Ireland, ii. 200 



Porth-yr-Ogof, i. 250 



Poughkeepsie, A. R. Wallace visits, ii. 

 112, 113 



Poulton, Professor E. B., ii. 34 ; A. R. 

 Wallace stays with, ii. 202 



Powell, Major, A. R. Wallace's ac- 

 quaintance with, ii. 118, 119 ; invites 

 A. R. Wallace to lecture, ii. 129 



Praed, W. Mackworth, HerberFWal- 

 lace's imitation of, i. 283, 289 



Prescott, William II., his "History of 

 the Conquests of Mexico and Peru," 

 i. 232 



Presteign, i. 144 



" Present Evolution of Man," by Dr. 

 G. Archdall Reid, ii. 215 



Price, Mr., i. 186, 188, 190 



"Primary Factors of Evolution," by 



Cope, ii. 215 

 "Principles of Biology," by Herbert 



Spencer, ii. 26 

 " Principles of Geology," by Sir Charles 



Lyell, i. 133, 162 ; A. R. Wallace 



on, i. 406 ; new edition of, i. 420 

 "Principles of Population," by Mal- 



thus, i. 232, 361 

 " Principles of Sociology," by Herbert 



Spencer, ii. 27 

 Pritchard's " Physical History of Man " 



commented on, i. 255 ; ii. 128 

 "Problem of Instinct, The," article by 



A. R. Wallace, ii. 220 

 " Problem of Utility, The," read by 



A. R. Wallace to the Linnean 



Society, ii. 215 

 Proctor, Richard, editor of Knowledge, 



ii. 105 

 "Progress and Poverty," by Henry 



George, Darwin on, ii. 14 ; Herbert 



Spencer on, ii. 29 

 " Progress of the Working Classes in 



the last Half Century," by Sir Robert 



Giffen, i. 81 

 Provo, ii. 176 

 "Psalm of Montreal, A," by Samuel 



Butler, ii. 86 

 "Psychic Factors in Civilization," by 



F. Lester Ward, ii. 117 

 Psychical Research, A. R. Wallace's 



first interest in, i. 232 

 Psychical Research Society founded, ii. 



49, 294 ; the work of, ii. 335, 337 

 Pugh, Miss, i. 6 

 Pugh, Stephen, i. 142 ; verses to A. R. 



Wallace quoted, i. 143 

 Pulo Penang, i. 335 

 Purfleet, powder magazine at, ii. 395 

 Purland, Dr. T., dentist, A. R. Wal- 



lace's reminiscences of, ii. 75-82 ; 



anecdotes of his dog, ii. 391 

 Purus river, explored by Count Stra- 



delli, i. 317 

 Pyramids, i. 334 



Quebec, A. R. Wallace's impressions 

 of, ii. 190 



