AND OTHER ESSAYS. BY ALFRED R. WALLACE. AUTHOR OF "THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO," "" 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 But bird and insect ever on the wing, Flitting 'mid forest glades and tangled bowers, While the life-giving orb's effulgent beams Through all the circling year call forth the flowers. Sweet canes, and wondrous gums, and odorous spice; And broad-leaved Plantain, pride of Tropic lands. |