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95, 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 Uaupes 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;
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