Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2

Chapter 20

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describing work at Singapore, 48; on Malacca and missionaries, 49; on his collections and visit to Rajah Brooke, 51; on the Rajah, 59; on correspondence from Darwin and Hooker, and his Aru collection, 71; on plans for collecting at Java, and impending return to England, 83

---- ---- ---- letter to his wife, sending plants from Furka Pass, ii. 115

---- ---- ---- letters to his son, Mr. W.G. Wallace: on building of house at Parkstone, ii. 111-13; on purchase of land at Broadstone and garden plans, 117-18; enclosing ground plan of house and describing progress, 118-20; on "Man's Place in the Universe," and Spiritualism, 121-2; requesting revision of "Mars," 122; on forthcoming lecture at the Royal Institution, and conferment of Order of Merit, 127-9; on discovery of a rare moth and beetles in root of an orchid, 129-30; on the railway strike, 163-4

---- ---- ---- letters to his daughter Violet: on "victims of Landlordism," ii. 113; on "Freeland" and "Looking Backward," 114; on orchid growing, 114; on use of a wagging tail, 115-16; on "Maha Bharata," 116; on eight hours' movement, 156

---- ---- ---- letter to Lord Avebury, on Bill for bird preservation,