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INDEX 



ii. 300, 301 ; Mivart's letter on the 

 miracles of Lourdes, ii. 302-305 ; 

 other remarks about Lourdes, ii. 305- 

 309 ; how his acquaintance with 

 Romanes began, ii. 309, 310; letter 

 from Romanes on spiritualism, ii. 

 3 1 1 -3 1 3 ; anecdote of Professor 

 Ansted, ii. 314; correspondence 

 between Romanes and Darwin, ii. 

 315 ; differences between Romanes 

 and, ii. 316 ; Romanes' attack on, 

 ii. 317 ; correspondence thereon, ii. 

 317-326 ; describes cases of materiali- 

 zation, ii. 327-331 ; Mr. Pengelly's 

 experience of " doubles," ii. 332-334 j 

 estimate of F. W. H. Myers, ii. 334- 

 337 5 spiritualistic experiences in Bos- 

 ton, describes seances at Mrs. Ross', ii. 

 338 ; attempt made to seize spirit- 

 forms, ii. 340, 341 ; describes seances 

 at Washington, ii. 341, 342 ; receives 

 messages from William Martin, ii. 

 343 ; other messages received, ii. 344 ; 

 General Lippitt's experiences, ii. 345, 

 346 ; describes seance at San Fran- 

 cisco, ii. 346-348 ; comments on. ii. 

 349, 350 ; first inquiries into vacci- 

 nation, ii. 351 ; as witness to the 

 Royal Commission on Vaccination, 

 ii. 352, 353 ; publication of essay on 

 Vaccination published in "Wonderful 

 Century," ii. 354 ; Lord Grimthorpe's 

 letter to, ii. 355-357 '■> Lord Grim- 

 thorpe's letter to Dr. Bond, ii. 357 ; 

 writes pamphlet on vaccination, ii. 

 358, 359 ; money affairs, ii. 360 ; 

 unfortunate investments, ii. 361 ; takes 

 shares in slate quarries and lead mines 

 that fail, ii. 362 ; worries over the 

 building at Grays, ii. 364; ending 

 in law-suit, ii. 365 ; accepts John 

 Hampden's challenge to prove the 

 convexity of the earth, ii. 365 ; first 

 test, ii. 365, 366 ; second test, ii. 367- 

 369; Mr. Hampden's behaviour on 

 losing his wager, ii. 370-372 ; legal 

 proceedings against Mr. Hampden, 

 ii. 372, 373 ; Mr. Hampden's con- 

 tinued libels on, ii. 374, 375 ; the 

 British Museum's manner of purchas- 

 ing, ii. 376, 377 ; money difficulties. 



ii. 378 ; receives Civil Service pension, 

 ii. 378 ; reflections on his life's work, 

 ii. 379-381 ; character of, ii. 382 ; 

 summary of new ideas of, ii. 383-390 ; 

 on bees' cells, ii. 390 ; on "homing " 

 instinct of dogs, ii. 391 ; on migratory 

 birds, ii. 392, 393 ; on Sunday 

 observance, ii. 394 ; on gunpowder 

 explosions, ii. 395 ; on fulfilled pre- 

 dictions, ii. 396-400 



Wallace, A. R., excursions to Wales 

 with Mr. Mitten, described, ii. 401- 

 404 ; excursion to the Highlands with 

 Mr. Mitten, ii. 405 ; is appointed 

 assistant examiner in Physical 

 Geography, ii. 406 ; examples of 

 candidates' answers to questions, ii. 

 407-416 ; system of these examina- 

 tions discussed, ii. 416-418 



Wallace, Eliza, buried in St. Andrew's 

 churchyard, Hertford, i. 4, 15, 72 



Wallace, Emma, birth of, i. 12 ; early 

 death of, i. 15 



Wallace, Fanny, i. 2, 3 ; quoted, i. 7, 

 9; an account of her life, i. 14, 

 15 ; at school at Lille, i. 72 ; gives 

 up her school at Hoddesdon and 

 goes to Georgia, i. 223 ; returns 

 home, i. 256 ; her marriage to 

 Thomas Sims, i. 263 



Wallace, Herbert, account of the life 

 of, i. 15, 73 ; A. R. Wallace's letter 

 to, i. 178 ; joins his brother in Brazil 

 and goes with him up the Amazon, 

 i. 275 ; his verses " From Para to 

 Santarem," 276 ; stay at Santarem, 

 i. 278 ; "A description of Santarem," 

 i. 279; "Farewell to Santarem," 

 i. 280 ; went to Serpa, 281 ; died of 

 yellow fever at Para, i. 282 ; " In 

 Memoriam " to and verses by, i. 289- 

 301 ; his power of mesmerism, ii. 

 275 



Wallace, Admiral Sir James, i. 2 



Wallace, James, i. 2 



Wallace, John, account of, i. 3, 12, 

 14 ; height of, i. 3 ; birth of, i. 12 j 

 education and life of, i. 14, 15 ; 

 childish anecdotes of, i. 22 ; his boy- 

 hood at Usk, i. 22, 23 ; educated 

 at Hertford Grammar School, i. 46 ; 



