WCP4202

Letter (WCP4202.4256)

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Old Orchard

Broadstone

Dorset

May 3rd 1912

Henry Fairfield Osborn Esq.[uire]

My dear Sir,

In accordance with your request I herewith send you a list of my published books. The delay has been caused by the only complete copy I had sent away for publication.

I have always intended to make out[?] a complete list of my various communications [2] to periodical literature, but have hitherto been unable to find time to do so. All my scientific communications however will be found in the Royal Society Index Catalogue of Scientific Papers, which no doubt you have access to.

If your article is not yet finished I shall be glad to have a proof for revision or to give you any further information you may require.

Yours very truly | Alfred R.Wallace [signature]

Enclosure (WCP4202.4257)

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List of books written by

Dr. A. R. Wallace O.M., F.R.S, &c

1. Palm trees of the Amazon and their uses Pub. 1853

2. A Narrative of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an account of the Native Tribes and Observations of the Climate, Geology, and Natural History of the Amazon Valley. Pub. 1853. New Edition 1889.

3. The Malay Archipelago, the land of the Orang-Utan and the Bird of Paradise. A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature. First Edition 1869 (2 vols) 10th Edition 1898. (1 vol.)

4. Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection. Pub. as single vol. 1870. Pub. with "Tropical Nature" in 1 vol 1891

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5. Miracles and Modern Spiritualism. Pub. 1874. Revised Edition 1896.

6. The Geographical Distribution of Animals with a Study of the Relationships of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface.

Pub. 1876 — (2 vols.)

7. Tropical Nature and Other Essays. Pub. 1 vol 1878. Pub. With "Natural Selection"

8. Australia. Stanford's Compendium of Geography and Travel. Pub. 1879. 3rd Ed 1883. New Edition 1893., 1st vol. Australia and New Zealand.

9. Island Life or the Phenomena and Causes of Insula[r] Faunas and Floras, including a Revision and Attempted Solution of the Problem of Geological Climates. Pub. 1880. Third and Revised Edition 1902.

10. Land Nationalization, its necessity and its aims; being a Comparison of the System of Landlord and Tenant with that of Occupying Ownership in Their Influence on the Well-being of the People. Pub. 1882.

11. Bad Times. An Essay on the Present Depression of Trade, Tracing it to its Sources in Enormous Foreign Loans, Excessive War Expenditure, the Increase of Speculation and of Millionaires, and the Depopulation of the Rural Districts; with Suggested Remedies. Pub. 1885.

12. Darwinism. An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection with Some of its Applications. Pub. 1889.

13. The Wonderful Century. The Age of New Ideas in Science and Invention. Pub. 1898. New Ed. revised & largely rewritten 1903.

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14. The Wonderful Century Reader. Pub. 1901.

15. Studies Scientific and Social. 2 vols. Pub. 1900.

16. Man's Place in the Universe. A Study of the results of Scientific Research in Relation to the Unity and Plurality of Worlds. Pub. 1903. Fourth Edition 1904 (revised)

17. My Life. A Record of Events and Opinions. Pub. 2 vols. 1905. New Ed. 1 vol revised 1908.

18. Is Mars Habitable? A Critical Examination of Professor Percival Lowell's Book "Mars and its Canals" with an Alternative Explanation. Pub. 1907.

19. Notes of a Botanist in the Amazon and Andes, being Records of Travel on the Amazon and its Tributaries, the Trombetas, Rio Negro, Uaupés, Casiquiari, Pacimoni, Huallaga, and Pastasa, as Also to the Cataract of the Orinoco, Along the Eastern [5] side of the Andes of Peru and Ecuador and the Shores of the Pacific, During the Years 1849-1864, by Richard Spence, PhD, Edited and Condensed by Alfred Russell [sic] Wallace O.M., F.R.S., &c with a Biographical Introduction, Portrait, Illustrations & Maps. 2 vols. pub. 1908.

20. The World of Life, a Manifestation of Creative Power, Directive Power and Ultimate Purpose. Pub. 1910.

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