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.

Ridley, Mr. H.N., ii. 76

Ripon, Lord, i. 277

Rogers, H.D., Darwin on, i. 141

Romanes, G.J.: 
  theory of physiological selection, i. 218, ii. 36;
  Meldola’s criticism of, 36, 49-50;
  Wallace’s criticism of, 63 et seq.;
  his accusation against Wallace, 235-7

“Root Principles,” Child’s, ii. 83

Rothschild, the Hon. Lionel (Lord), Wallace’s admiration of his
    butterflies, ii. 88, 129

Royal Geographical Society, and exploration of Uaupes River, i. 29

——­ Institute, the, Wallace’s lecture at, ii. 87, 127, 222

Rudimentary organs, i. 100

Russell, Mr. Alfred, letter to, ii. 158

Russia, Czar of, manifesto of, ii. 158

——­ Wallace on, ii. 161

Ruetimeyer, researches on mammals in Switzerland by, i. 251

Ryle, Bishop, and the medallion of Wallace, 254;
  sermon at its unveiling, 254-5

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Sadong River, Wallace’s exploration of, i. 93

Salisbury, Bishop of, at funeral of Wallace, ii. 252

——­ Marquis of, view of Natural Selection, ii. 59, 60;
  translation of his address, 65

Santiago, Darwin at, i. 34

Sarawak, Wallace in, i. 28, 38-40, 93, 106

Scandinavia, distribution of plants in, i. 293

Schaffhausen, Dr., almost anticipates Natural Selection, i. 142

“Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural,” Wallace’s, ii. 186

“——­ Demonstration of a Future Life,” Hudson’s, ii. 203

Sclater, P.H., on Wallace’s “Malay Archipelago,” i. 139-140;
  and Lemuria, 290 (note);
  division of earth into zoological regions, ii. 8;
  distrust of Gould, 24

Scott, Dr. Dukinfield H., speech at presentation of Darwin-Wallace Medals,
    i. 110-112;
  at Wallace’s funeral, ii. 252;
  and the Wallace memorial in Westminster Abbey, 254

Scott’s “Antarctic Voyage,” ii. 82

Sedgwick, Prof., and Darwin, i. 17, 18;
  attacks Darwin at Cambridge Philosophical Society, 142

See, T.J.J., ii. 179-80

Seeman, Berthold, i. 199, 201, 210, 211

Segregation of the unfit, Wallace on, ii. 160-1, 246

Selection, domestic, i. 130, 134, 136, 160, 161, 167, 181, 183,
    186, 189 (note), 192, 208, 215, 226, 228, 231, 257, 299

——­ natural, theory of, i. 155, 156, 170 et seq., 195
    et seq., 218, 240, 267, 298, 301, ii. 16-17, 63, 75,
    94, 96, 98, 101, 150;
  discovery of, i. 2, 89-126;
  anticipations of, 116, 142, 176;
  Spencer’s alternative term for, 125, 171;
  Lord Salisbury’s conception of, ii. 59, 60, 65;
  Neo-Lamarckians and, 64

——­ physiological, Romanes’ theory of, i. 218, ii. 36, 49-50, 63
    et seq., 235-7

——­ sexual, i. 157, 159, 177, 179, 182, 185-6, 194, 199, 203, 204, 212
    et seq., 216-17, 220, 224-5, 227 et seq., 256, 261,
    298, 299

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