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Marchant, James

"Alfred Russel Wallace: Letters and Reminiscences, Vol. 2"

294, 297, ii. 106;
and the superintendency of Epping Forest, i. 302, 303, 304, 306, ii. 106;
writes a work on Geography, i. 304, ii. 14;
recommended for a Civil List pension, i. 313-16;
works on Biology, etc., ii. 3 _et seq._;
articles for "Encyclopaedia Britannica," 11;
lectures at Boston, U.S.A., 15;
correspondence on biology, geographical distribution, etc., 18-102;
on theory of flight, i. 145, ii. 25-8;
and Mivart's "Genesis of Species," 34;
friendship with Meldola, 35;
theory of animal heat, 35;
and Romanes, 36 _et seq._, 49 _et seq._;
on ferns, 40;
on sterility and Natural Selection, 41 _et seq._;
admitted to Royal Society, 55, 56, 221, 222;
on "discontinuous variation," 62-3;
theory of mouth-gesture as a factor in origin of language, 65;
on non-heredity of acquired characters, 70;
his last public lecture, 87, 222-3;
two of his works translated into Japanese, 100;
home life, 103-138;
domesticity of, 104;
skill at chess, 107;
Examiner in Physiography at South Kensington, 109;
as housebuilder, 110, 111, 119-120;
honours from scientific societies, 113;
enthusiasm for orchids, 114;
his method of writing, 120-1, 243;
and psychical research, 122, 167, 181-215, 239-40;
daily routine, 123-4;
sense of humour, 125-6, 132, 133, 134, 226, 227, 228;
receives the Order of Merit, 127-9;
his Sarawak spider, 131;
failing health, 135 _et seq.


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