I remember
well that he characterised the two men as fellow-workers, not as
followers, or in any sense as copyists. Wallace's versatility not
only continued, but grew in many ways with the advance of years.
It was seen in his appreciation of the value of historical study.
Quite late in life he wrote: "The nineteenth century is quite as
wonderful in the domain of History as in that of Science."
Comparatively few know, or remember, that he and his young brother
Herbert--on whom he left an interesting chapter _in
memoriam_--both wrote verses, some of which were of real value.
It may be safely said that few scientific men have sympathetically
entered into bordering territories and therein excelled. The whole
field of psychical research was familiar to him, and he might have
been a leader in it.
My last meeting with him was at his final home, the "Old Orchard,"
Broadstone, in 1909. I was staying at Boscombe in Hants, and he
asked me to "come and see his garden, while we talked of past
days." He had then the freshness of boyhood, blent with the mellow
wisdom of age.--W.A.K.
The eminent naturalist and traveller, Dr. Henry O. Forbes, who later
explored the greater part of the lands visited by Wallace, contributes
the following appreciation of the latter's scientific work:
As a traveller, explorer and working naturalist, Wallace will
always stand in the first rank, compared even with the most modern
explorers.
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