BY

ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE,

Dr. Husker, in his address to the British Association, spoke thus :"Of Mr. Wallace and his many contributions to philosophical biology it is not easy to what without cathusiasza; for, putting aside their great merits, he, throughout his writinya, with a modesty as rare as I believe it to be unconscious, forgets his own unquestiond claim to the honour of having originated, indepen dently of Mr. Darein, the theories which he so ably defends.”

THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO: THE LAND OF THE ORANG UTAN AND THE BIRD OF PARADISE. A Narrative of Travel. With Studies of Man and Nature. With Maps and Illustrations. Sixth Elition. Crown 8vo. 73. 6d.

"A vivid picture of tropical life, which may be read with unflagging interest, and a sufficient arcvent of his scientife conclusions to stimulate our appetite without wearying us by details. In short, we may safely say that we have never read a more agrecable book of its kind.”— Saturday Device.

THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION.-CONTRIBUTIONS TO. A Series of Essays. New Edition. Crown Svo. 8s. 6d.

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With numerous Illustrations by ZWECKER, and Maps. THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS, WITH A STUDY OF THE RELATIONS OF LIVING AND EXTINCT FAUNAS AS ELUCIDATING THE PAST CHANGES OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE. Two Vols. medium 8vo. 42s.

The most valuable contribution to zoological literature that has appeared for many a day." -Westminster Review.

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