AND OTHER ESSAYS. BY ALFRED R. WALLACE. AUTHOR OF "THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,'" 66 THE GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ANIMALS," London: MACMILLAN AND CO. 1878. [The Right of Translation and Reproduction is Reserved.] THE TROPICS. LAND of the Sun! where joyous green-robed Spring And numb to silence every living thing, But bird and insect ever on the wing, Flitting 'mid forest glades and tangled bowers, Sweet canes, and wondrous gums, and odorous spice; And broad-leaved Plantain, pride of Tropic lands. |