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MY LIFE 



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to the more rapid elimination of the lower, and more rapid 

 increase of the higher types of humanity. 



Shortly afterwards I was interviewed for the Daily 

 Chronicle on this subject, in which I gave a condensed sketch 

 of these two articles, and this drew attention to them, and 

 brought me a very kind and appreciative letter from the 

 late Frances Willard, who was then in England. 



In 1 89 1 I wrote the two articles on the American flora 

 already referred to, and prepared a new edition of my two 

 books on " Natural Selection " and Tropical Nature," now 

 forming one volume, but from which some of the more technical 

 portions were omitted, while two new chapters were added 

 —"The Antiquity of Man in North America," and "The 

 Debt of Science to Darwin." I also wrote two articles on 

 ^'Apparitions" for the Boston Arena, which are included in 

 the later editions of my " Miracles and Modern Spiritualism ; " 

 and I reviewed a few books in NaUire, among which was the 

 important work of Professor Lloyd Morgan on "Animal Life 

 and Intelligence." 



In 1892 I wrote four review articles, three of which are 

 reprinted in my " Studies," and I reviewed (in Nature) Mr. 

 W. H. Hudson's delightful volume, " The Naturalist in 

 La Plata." 



In the year 1893 I was pretty fully occupied with literary 

 work. I prepared for Mr. Stanford a new edition of the 

 Australian volume of his " Compendium of Geography," in- 

 volving a large amount of new matter ; I contributed five 

 articles to reviews or books, two of which, on " The Ice Age 

 and its Work," gave an entirely new argument in favour of 

 the ice-origin of valley-lakes in glaciated regions ; and I also 

 reviewed two books and wrote a number of letters to Natttre 

 on biological and physical problems. In the summer of this 

 year I went with my wife to the lake district — our first visit ; 

 we ascended two of the mountains, and I paid particular 

 attention to the phenomena of glaciation, which are every- 

 where prominent in rounded rocks, glacial striae, and abund- 

 ance of moraines. 



