Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 332 pages of information about Alfred Russel Wallace.

Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 332 pages of information about Alfred Russel Wallace.

Clarkson, Thomas, ii. 225

Cleistogamic flowers, i. 298

Climates, geological, Wallace’s theory of, i. 306

Climatic conditions, plants and, i. 130

“Climbing Plants, Movements and Habits of,” Darwin’s, i, 285, ii. 2

Coal, export duties on, Wallace’s view of, ii. 250

Cockerell, Sydney C., ii. 161

——­ Theo.  D.A., ii. 49;
  and the Darwin Celebration at Cambridge, 226;
  first personal relations with Wallace, 233-5

“Coleoptera Atlantidum,” Wollaston’s, ii. 22-3

“Colin Clout’s Calendar,” ii. 46

Coloration, protective, i. 156, 177, 178-9, 181, 183, 184, 185-6,
    201, 220, 221, 224 et seq., 260, 270, 298, ii. 4, 11,
    85. (See also Protection, Mimicry)

Colour-adaptability, ii. 56

Confucius, Wallace’s appreciation of, ii. 152

Conscience, evolution of, i. 263

“Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection,” Wallace’s, i. 94,
    250, 252, ii. 5, 6

Cooke, Kate, medium, ii. 193, 194, 195

Co-operation, Wallace on, ii. 151-2

Cope, E.D., ii. 47

Copley Medals awarded to Wallace, ii. 128, 222

Coral islands, Lyell on, ii. 22

“——­ Reefs,” Darwin’s, ii. 2

——­ snakes, i. 187

Crawford, Marion, one of Wallace’s favourite authors, ii. 131

“Creation by Law,” Wallace’s article on, i. 188, 192, ii. 6

“Creative Thought,” Sir Wm. Barrett’s, ii. 212-13, 249

“Creed of Science,” Graham’s, i. 318

Croll, James, i. 242, 305, 313, ii. 5, 13

Crookes, Sir W., and psychical research, ii. 87, 189, 191, 205;
  and Westminster Abbey memorial to Wallace, 253

Cross- and self-fertilisation, i. 169, 297, ii. 46

“Cross Unions of Dimorphic Plants,” Darwin’s, i. 218

“Crossing Plants,” Darwin’s, i. 296

Crotch, G., i. 262

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“Darwin and After Darwin,” Romanes’, ii. 50

“——­ and his Teachings,” i. 170

“——­ and ‘The Origin,’” Poulton’s, ii. 88 (note)

——­, Charles, i. 1, 2;
  birth of, 5;
  autobiography, 5, 23 (note);
  ancestors, 6;
  at Shrewsbury Grammar School, 12;
  natural history tastes, 12;
  as angler, 12;
  egg-collecting, 12;
  humanity of, 13;
  leaves Shrewsbury Grammar School, 15;
  fondness for shooting, 16;
  at Cambridge, 16;
  medical studies, 16;
  theological studies, 17, ii. 184;
  tours in North Wales, i. 18;
  beetle-hunting, 18, 114;
  voyage in the Beagle, 18;
  theory of Natural Selection, 102, 107;
  reading, 103;
  visits Maer and Shrewsbury, 103;
  experiments, 103;
  Huxley and, 104;
  at work on Species and Varieties, 107;
  at Down, 109;
  receives presentation copy of Spencer’s

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