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Ref NoWP/7/56
Alt Ref NoWP7/56
Title'Wallace and Romanes. Physiological selection'
Description1 Printed [page proofs] of 'Mr Wallace on Physiological Selection' by George J Romanes, pp. [1]-18, annotated at top of first page [in William Greenell Wallace's hand] in pencil 'Duplicate sent to Author' and in ink 'Private & Confidential'; marginal notes and underlining in pencil in Alfred Russel Wallace's hand;

2. Printed [page proofs] of 'Romanes versus Darwin. An episode in the history of evolution and its theory', by Alfred Russel Wallace, pp. [300] - 316.[S389: Fortnightly Review 40 (n.s.; 46, o.s.): 300-316 (1 Sep 1886: no. 237, n.s.)]

Both in a folder made from a 1908 envelope addressed to Alfred Russel Wallace from the RS, labelled on back in Alfred Russel Wallace's [and William Greenell Wallace's] hand 'Wallace and Romanes. Physiological selection' (See also corrected proofs of a review by T D A Cockerell, 1898, of a book on Darwinism by G J Romanes, in WP12).
Name: Romanes, George John, 1848-1894
Notes: Although the work by Romanes is obviously NOT strictly in this category the two papers obviously belong together and so have been put here. Smith bibliog: S389. Romanes Versus Darwin. An Episode in the History of the Evolution Theory. Fortnightly Review 40 (n.s.; 46, o.s.): 300-316 (1 Sep 1886: no. 237, n.s.).
Subject: Evolution
Date[1898]
AccessStatusOpen
Held ByNHM General Library
Extent2 File
LevelFile

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PX600Romanes; George John (1848-1894); Scientist1848-1894
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