WALLACE'S 



MALAY ARCHIPELAGO. 



THE MALAY AKCHIPELAGO: the Land of the 

 Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative 

 of Travel, 1854-62. With Studies of Man and Na- 

 ture. By Alfred Russel Wallace, Author of " The 

 Geographical Distribution of Animals." With Maps 

 and numerous Illustrations. Crown 8vo, Cloth, $2 50. 



Mr. Wallace's style is as charming as Darwin's, and greater praise it 

 could not have. His scientific observations are as interesting as other peo- 

 ple's adventures. He is a truly intelligent writer — one who has the power 

 to interest others in his pursuits, investigations, and speculations. Those 

 who have read Mr. Darwin's "Voyage of a Naturalist," a book too little 

 known, will find in this a companion volume as absorbingly interesting and 

 as clear and instructive as that. — JSf. Y. Evening Post. 



* * * In short, no book of travels, adventure, and observations of our 

 time can be pronounced superior to this. — Boston Traveller. 



Mr. Wallace deserves all the praise which we can bestow upon him for 

 his lucid arrangement of facts, and for the pleasant and suggestive style in 

 which he narrates his travels. Many of the chapters are exceedingly novel 

 and amusing, while his scientific generalizations should be carefully read by 

 all students of natural history. — Examiner, London. 



A vivid picture of tropical life, which may be read with unflagging in- 

 terest, and a sufficient account of his scientific conclusions to stimulate our 

 appetite without wearying us by detail. In short, we may safely say that 

 we have seldom read a more agreeable book of its kind. — Saturday Review, 

 London. 



Published by HARPER & BROTHERS, New York. 



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