| Ref No | WP/6/5/5 |
| Alt Ref No | WP6/5/5 |
| Title | Papers re Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection… |
| Description | Cardboard folder labelled on the spine in print in Alfred Russel Wallace's? William Greenell Wallace's? hand 'Scraps - Darwinism' and on the front in blue pencil ' Variation | Notes - Diagrams' and in lead pencil 'Extracts from early Reviews of Origin of Species' in Alfred Russel Wallace's? William Greenell Wallace's? hand; approx 24 cm x 15 cm; containing forty-one separate folios comprising:
1- 5: Quotations in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand from reviews of Darwin's 'Origin of Species'
6-38: Ms notes and diagrams in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand relating to chapter three ('The Variability of Species in a State of Nature') of his book 'Darwinism, an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with some of its Applications (1889; 2nd ed 1890, 3rd 1901)
39: Letter, incomplete copy in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand, from Alfred Russel Wallace to an unknown correspondent, from Westbourne Grove Terrace 24 May, annotated in an unknown hand '1864'; with thanks for criticism of Alfred Russel Wallace's paper 'Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of 'Natural Selection '' ( Journal of the Anthropological Society of London. 2: clviii-clx; read 1 Mar 1864)
40: Letter from Alfred Russel Wallace to Samuel Butler, from Waldron Edge, Duppas Hill, Croydon 9 May 1879 with thanks for and criticism of Butler's books 'Life and Habit' (1878) and 'Evolution Old and New' (1879)
41: Postcard to Alfred Russel Wallace from H Tiedeman, from Fordwych Road Hampstead 13 Dec 1901, re 'Wallace's Line', asking whether his views on distribution of species as expressed in the most recent edition of 'The Malay Archipelago' have changed, with annotation in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand dated 10 Apr 1904.
Name: Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882
Butler, Samuel 1835-1902
Tiedeman, H, fl 1901
Notes: Each folio has been numbered in pencil in square brackets to assist counting but to save time no reference nos added. Most but not all diagrams (graphs) are published in some form in Alfred Russel Wallace's 'Darwinism' (1889, and 2 later editions). Some of these papers may be misfiled but as all seem relate in some way to the subject they have not been separated. PJL Dec 2003
Subject: Evolution, Geographic Distribution |
| Date | 1864-1904 |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Held By | NHM General Library |
| Extent | File |
| Level | Item |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| PX677 | Darwin; Charles Robert (1809-1882); Naturalist | 1809-1882 |
| PX5283 | Butler; Samuel (1835-1902); Writer | 1835-1902 |
| PX5785 | Tiedeman; H (fl 1901) | fl 1901 |