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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 J 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, 



ii. 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 sociaHst, 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 

 Bluecoat 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, 



ii- 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 ; 



seance 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 note 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 



