INDEX 



A 



A., Mr., anecdotes of, i. io8, 129 

 Aar, exploring the gorge of the, ii. 214 

 Abbe Paris, miracles at the tomb of, 



ii. 309 

 Aberhonddu, i. 161 

 Abbey-Cwm-Hir, i. 150, 161 

 Aberystwith, i. 161 



Abyssinia, plants of, ii. 13, 21 ; effects 



of Christianity in, ii, 53 

 " Acclimatization," article on, in the 



"Encyclopaedia Britannica," by A. 



R. Wallace, ii. 98 

 Academy, The, review by A. R. Wal- 



lace, of " The Descent of Man " in, 



ii. 10 

 Aden, i. 335 



Adelboden, Switzerland, ii. 220 

 Adirondacks, ii. 188 

 Adshead, Mr., his interest in spirit- 

 ualism, ii. 322 



Adventures of Mrs. Leek and Mrs. 

 Aleshine, The," read by A. R. Wal- 

 lace, ii. 135 



Africa, plants of, ii. 1 3, 21 



Agassiz, Louis, on the glacial epoch, 

 i. 134 



Agassiz, Mr. Alexander, A. R. Wal- 

 lace meets, ii. no 



Agassiz Museum of Zoology, ii. 1 10 

 Age of Bronze, The," i. 113 



"Age of Reason," Thomas Paine's, i. 

 87 



Aiguilles, view of, i. 325 



Ainsworth, W. Harrison, *' Rook- 

 wood " by, i. 75 



Airy, Sir G. B., lecture on Halley's 

 Comet, i. 247 



Aksakoff, Hon. Alexander, visits at 



Grays, ii. 93 

 Alabama, Fanny Wallace goes to, i. 



223 ; returns from, i. 256 

 Albany Street, London, residence of 



Mr. and Mrs. Sims at, i. 263 

 Albury, St. George Mivart builds a 



house near, ii. 44 

 d'Alembert, quoted, ii. 284 

 Alexandria, described in letter to 



George Silk, i. 332-335 

 Alexandria Bay, St. Lawrence river, 



ii. 188 



Ali, Malay servant, described, i. 382 

 Aliven, North Wales, ii. 401 

 Alleghanies, crossing the, ii. 138 

 Allen, Mr. Charles, his search for 



birds of paradise, i. 387-394 

 Allen, Grant, on " Colour Sense," ii. 

 71 ; "In Magdalen Tower," by, ii. 

 121 ; A. R. Wallace's admiration 

 for, ii. 187 ; A. R. Wallace on, ii. 

 209 ; R. Le Gallienne on, ii. 218 ; 

 on English rule in India, ii. 262, 

 263 ; A. R. Wallace urges him to 

 write socialistic novel, i. 272, 273 

 Allen, Rev. J. A., A. R. Wallace's 

 friendship with, ii. 121 ; visit to the 

 House of Representatives, ii. 124, 

 125 ; A. R. Wallace stays with, ii. 

 187, 188 



Allen, William, shareholder in the 



New Lanark Mills, i. 98 

 Allingham, William, introduces A. R, 



Wallace to Tennyson, ii, 298 

 Allman, Professor, his sufferings from 



asthma, ii, 229 

 All Saints' churchyard at Hertford, 



i. 49 



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