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- Illustration of Hertford Grammar School
- Portrait of Wallace, aged 25
- A trip up the Hudson River
- Wallace's final Darwinism lecture at the Lowell Institute
- Attending seances and Wallace's fame in America
- Wallace's trip to Niagara Falls
- Sketch map of Niagara Falls
- List of Wallace's lectures in the USA
- List of medals in Wallace's The Malay Archipelago book
- Wallace's modesty at receiving a medal
- Wallace sends Violet tickets for London Zoo
- Wallace shares amusing answers to a geography exam
- Information on astronomy and the death of Bates
- Sketch of planet conjunctions
- A local lecture and Wallace's radical social views
- List of payments for lectures
- Cover of The Wonderful Century
- The Wonderful Century chapter headings
- Plans for the cover of The Wonderful Century book
- Photographic proof print of a redwood tree
- List of Wallace's publications before 1862
- Photograph of Neath Free Library
- Portrait of Wallace in old age
- Views on science in 1907
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- Science in 1907 newspaper article
- Wallace is awarded the Order of Merit medal
- Magazine interview with Wallace
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A local lecture and Wallace's radical social views
Extract
Letter from Wallace to his daughter Violet describing a lecture on the colours of animals, his impending article in the Nineteenth Century journal, and asking about her teaching job, dated October 1893 . (extract)
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Wallace Letters Online
View high resolution scans and transcripts of Alfred Russel Wallace's correspondence, including all surviving letters between him and Charles Darwin.