# Tropical nature, and other essays

Author: Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73563

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Tropical+nature%2C+and+other+essays+Wallace&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Land of the Sun! where joyous green-robed Spring And leaf-crowned Summer deck the Earth for ever; No Winter stern their sweet embrace to sever And numb to silence every living thing, But bird and insect ever on the wing, Flitting ’mid forest glades and tangled bowers, While the life-giving orb’s effulgent beams Through all the circling year call forth the flowers. Here graceful palms, here luscious fruits have birth; The fragrant coffee, life-sustaining rice, Sweet canes, and wondrous gums, and odorous spice; While Flora’s choicest treasures crowd the teeming earth. Beside each cot the golden Orange stands, And broad-leaved Plantain, pride of Tropic lands.

## Chapters

- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/24/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/26/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Part 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/23/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/tropical-nature-and-other-essays-73563/chapters/27/index.md)