's real views on, 62, 63;
misconceptions of his views on, 151, 152, 155

University of London, Lyell's connexion with, 59, 65

Variation, early recognition of its importance, 9;
Lyell's discussion of, 64, 103;
Darwin's work on, 141

_Vestiges of Creation_, influence of, 93;
Darwin on, 94;
Wallace on, 110

VINES, S. H., estimate of number of species of plants, 10

Volcanoes, Scrope on, 36

Vulcanism, _see_ Plutonism &c., 18

WALLACE, ALFRED RUSSEL, on ideas and actions, 4;
his early life, 110;
in South America, 110;
in Malay Archipelago, 110;
influence of _Principles_ on, 79, 110;
speculations at Sarawak, 111;
influence of Malthus on, 112;
conception of idea of Natural Selection, 111, 112;
ignorance of Darwin's views, 112;
statement on his relation to Darwin, 113, 114;
his magnanimity, 114;
on geographical distribution of animals, 146;
his defence of Lyell's principle of Uniformity, 153

WELLS, Dr, his anticipation of theory of Natural Selection, 92

WERNER, success of his teachings, 21, 26, 27;
his influence on early geologists, 26

Wernerian Society, founded, 1807, by Jameson, 21, 25

Wernerism, 18

WHEWELL, Dr, contrast of doctrines of Hutton and Lyell, 22, 53;
originates terms 'Catastrophism,' 'Uniformitarianism,' 22;
and 'Geological Dynamics,' 70;
reviews _Principles_, 53;
opposition to Evolution, 83

World, small part known to ancients, 9

Worms, Darwin's work on, 147

ZITTEL, K. VON, on Hutton's work, 19;
on von Hoff and Lyell, 50

_Zoonomia_ of Erasmus Darwin, 101

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