| Description | 7 Reviews by Alfred Russel Wallace published in 'The Academy' and 'Nature' 1871-1880, in paper folder labelled [in Alfred Russel Wallace's or William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Reviews by A. R. Wallace Darwins Descent of man … Academy Mivart's lessons from Nature [Academy] | Bree (Dr) Fallacies of Darwinism', comprising:
1. 1871. Printed proof sheets from 'The Academy' annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand 'March 1871, of a review by him of Charles Darwin' The Descent of man and Selection in relation to Sex (London 1871) with minor corrections, pasted onto 7 folios of red-lined blue paper, back and front, most with page numbers (up to 14) added in ink
2. 1872. Printed proof sheets corrected in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand of a review by him of C R Bree, 'An Exposition of Fallacies in the Hypothesis of Mr. Darwin' (London 1872), pasted onto one side of each of six folios of red-lined blue paper, no publication title given ('Nature' 6, July [1872] -See Shermer p. 364)
3. 1876. Press cuttings or proofs of a review by Alfred Russel Wallace of St George Mivart, 'Lessons from Nature, as manifested in Mind and Matter' (London 1876), first column annotated in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand 'The Academy (May 1876)', pasted onto one side of each of 5 numbered folios of red-lined blue paper
4. 1879. Press cutting from 'The Academy' 12 Apr 1879, pp. [326] -327 with a review by Alfred Russel Wallace of an English translation [1879] of Ernst Haeckel, 'The Evolution of man: A popular exposition of the principle points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny'; 2 ff.
5. 1879. Press cutting from 'The Academy' 19 Apr 1879, p. 351-352, annotated at the top of p 352 [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] 'Article on Haeckel Wallace', containing part two of a review by Alfred Russel Wallace of an English translation (1879?) of Ernst Haeckel, 'The Evolution of man: A popular exposition of the principle points of Human Ontogeny and Phylogeny'; 1 f.
6. 1880. Press cuttings from 'The Academy' 23 Oct 1880, one section [from p. 294] headed 'Science. The Emotions and Senses of Insects' a review by Alfred Russel Wallace of A H Swinton, 'Insect variety: Its Propagation and Distribution…' [London 1880], folded, with halves [accidentally] glued together at the bottom, continued on large cutting, p. 295 -296
7. 1880. Press cuttings from [The Academy], 4 Dec 1880, headed [Science] containing a review by Alfred Russel Wallace of Henry Seebohm, [Siberia in Europe: a Visit to the Valley of the Petchora in North-east Russia, with a Description of the Natural History, Migration of Birds &c.' [London 1880] pasted onto two sheets of red-lined blue paper.
Notes: No 7, review of 'Siberia in Europe...' transferred from another folder: see WP7/42
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