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"---- of Population," Spencer's, i. 124

Thiselton-Dyer, Sir W.T.: appreciation of Wallace by, i. 4; at Darwin-Wallace Jubilee, 122; paper on geographical distribution of plants by, ii. 90

---- letters from: on Darwin Commemoration volume, ii. 91; on Sir F. Darwin's "Foundations" and the Darwin celebration, 92; on Evolution and the fundamental powers and properties of life, 95-8; asking Wallace to join Royal Society, 219, 220-1; on Romanes' charge of plagiarism, 236-7

Thompson, Prof. Silvanus P., signs petition for national memorial to Wallace, ii. 253

Thomson, Prof. J.A., ii. 12 (note)

---- Sir W. (Lord Kelvin), on age of world, i. 242, 250, 268, ii. 75

Thought transference (_see_ Telepathy)

"Threading my Way," R.D. Owen's, ii. 225

Timor, birds of, i. 80, ii. 4; mammalia of, i. 133, ii. 4; fossils of, i. 138, 148, 290; Darwin receives honeycomb from, 143, 146; flora of, 237

Transmutation of species, i. 123, ii. 23

"Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro," Wallace's, i, 30, 35

Trees, tropical, i. 86

Trimen, Mr., paper on mimetic butterflies by, i. 200, 201

Trimorphism in plants, i. 161, 202, 220

Tropical forests, Darwin's description of, i. 31-2; denizens of, 31

"---- Nature," Wallace's, ii. 11

Turner, Dr., orchids of, ii. 114

---- Mr. H.H., signs petition for national memorial of Wallace, ii. 253

Tylor, E.B., "Early History of Mankind," i. 164; Wallace on, 165; "Anthropology," ii. 65

Tyndall, John, birth of, i. 5; and psychical research, ii. 198

U

Uaupés, Indians of, i. 31; exploration of, i. 29

Unfit, segregation of, ii. 160-1, 246

United States, Wallace's lecturing tour in, ii. 14

"Unparalleled Discoveries of Mr. T.J.J. See, Account of," ii. 178

Utricularia, i. 284-5

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Vaccination, Wallace and, ii. 149, 202, 237, 240-1; Rev. H. Price Hughes on, 158; Frederic Myers and, 206

"Variation, Heredity, and Evolution," Lock's, ii. 84

---- of birds, i. 162-3

"Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication," Darwin's, i. 112, 189, 195, 197, 199, ii. 2

Variety, Wallace's differentiation of, from species, i. 91-2, 96, 97, 101, 115, 167 (note), 169, 173, 205, 210, 234, ii. 21, 62, 63, 70

Varley, C.F., i. 244

Vegetarianism, Wallace on, ii. 158

"Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation," i. 91, 92 (note)

Victoria, Queen, approves of pension to Wallace, i. 315

"Vignettes from Nature," Grant Allen's, ii. 46

Vogt, Prof., i. 221

Volcanic eruptions and migration, Lyell's theory of, ii. 19

"Voyage of the _Beagle_," Darwin's, i. 31, 32, 34, ii. 2

"---- up the Amazon," Edwards's, i. 25

W

Waddell's "Lhasa," ii. 82

Waddington, Mr. Samuel, ii. 77

Wages, question of, ii. 156

Waimate (N.Z.), missionary settlement at, i. 37

Wallace, Alfred Russel: co-discoverer of Natural Selection, i. 1, 2, 105, 106, 107, 111, 112, 113, 136, 139, 153, 158, ii. 39-40; early years, i. 5-44; nervousness, 7, 14, 35, ii. 134; his father, i. 8; his mother, 8, 9, 30; first experiments, 9, 19-20; schooldays, 11; geographical studies, 11; love of reading, 13; pupil teacher at Hertford Grammar School, 14; interest in Socialism, 15, 27, ii. 151 _et seq._, 181; land-surveying, i. 15, 17, 19, ii. 139, 182; astronomical studies and writings, i. 20, ii. 167 _et seq._; early interest in zoology and geology, i. 20; first telescope, 20, ii. 168; love of botany, i. 20, 21, ii. 106; his herbarium, i. 22; as watchmaker, 23; interest in phrenology and mesmerism, 24, ii. 181, 182; studies beetles and butterflies, i. 24, 114; school teacher at Leicester, 24; voyage to Amazon, 26 _et seq._; explores Uaupés River, 29; fire at sea and loss of collections, 29, 30; first meeting with Darwin, 35, 105, ii. 62; meets Huxley, i. 35; visits Switzerland, 35, ii. 204; visits Singapore, i. 36; on missionaries, 37-8, 47, 48, 50, 62-3; in Sarawak, 38-40; beetle and butterfly collecting, i. 38, 41-2, 114, 237, ii. 4-5; ill-health of, i. 40, 79; enthusiasm as naturalist and collector, 40-2, 115; journey in a "prau," 42; early letters, etc., 45-88; Darwin-Wallace joint paper read before Linnean Society, 71, 89, 109, 118, 122; Darwin's appreciation of his magnanimity, 71, 106, 118, 134, 137, 139, 141, 153, 164, 242, 252, 287, 304; attack of intermittent fever, 107, 108; jubilee of Darwin-Wallace essay and his speech, 110 _et seq_; relations with Spencer, 125; Presidential Address to Entomological Society, 126; reads proofs of Spencer's "principles of Sociology," 126; correspondence with Darwin, 127-320; inscription on envelope containing Darwin's first eight letters, 128; sends Darwin a honeycomb, 143; reads Spencer's works, 147, 150; "exposé" of Rev. S. Haughton's "Bee's Cell," 148; his opinion of Agassiz, 149; and the origin of man, 152, 153, 154, 155 _et seq._, 240; and Darwin's paper on climbing plants, 162; on a crested blackbird, 163; on the _Reader_, 165; on mimicry, 167 (note), 168, 176, 179; approves of term "survival of the fittest," 171; birth of a son, 188; later views on Natural Selection, 217, 218; dedicates "Malayan Travels" to Darwin, 232; birth of a daughter, 234; visits Wales, 247; reviews "Descent of Man," 260; on Chauncey Wright and Mivart, 265-7; Bethnal Green Museum directorship, 277; and second edition of "Descent of Man," 281 (note), 282, 283; social and political views, 283, 317, 319, ii. 139-65, 245-7; at Dorking, i. 294, 297, ii. 106; and the superintendency of Epping Forest, i. 302, 303, 304, 306, ii. 106; writes a work on Geography, i. 304, ii. 14; recommended for a Civil List pension, i. 313-16; works on Biology, etc., ii. 3 _et seq._; articles for "Encyclopædia Britannica," 11; lectures at Boston, U.S.A., 15; correspondence on biology, geographical distribution, etc., 18-102; on theory of flight, i. 145, ii. 25-8; and Mivart's "Genesis of Species," 34; friendship with Meldola, 35; theory of animal heat, 35; and Romanes, 36 _et seq._, 49 _et seq._; on ferns, 40; on sterility and Natural Selection, 41 _et seq._; admitted to Royal Society, 55, 56, 221, 222; on "discontinuous variation," 62-3; theory of mouth-gesture as a factor in origin of language, 65; on non-heredity of acquired characters, 70; his last public lecture, 87, 222-3; two of his works translated into Japanese, 100; home life, 103-138; domesticity of, 104; skill at chess, 107; Examiner in Physiography at South Kensington, 109; as housebuilder, 110, 111, 119-120; honours from scientific societies, 113; enthusiasm for orchids, 114; his method of writing, 120-1, 243; and psychical research, 122, 167, 181-215, 239-40; daily routine, 123-4; sense of humour, 125-6, 132, 133, 134, 226, 227, 228; receives the Order of Merit, 127-9; his Sarawak spider, 131; failing health, 135 _et seq._; death, 138, 252; funeral, 252; memorial in Westminster Abbey, 253-5; lists of writings, 257 ---- ---- ---- letters to his mother: announcing arrival at Singapore,