Darwinism : an exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications / by Alfred Russel Wallace.

  • Wallace Alfred Russel, 1823-1913.
Date:
1889
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Credit: Darwinism : an exposition of the theory of natural selection, with some of its applications / by Alfred Russel Wallace. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    The present edition is a reprint of the first, with a few verbal corrections and the alteration of some erroneous or doubtful statements. Of these latter the following are the most important :— P. 30. The statement as to the fulmar petrel, which Professor A. Newton assures me is erroneous, has been modified. P. 34. A note is added as to Darwin's statement about the missel and song-thrushes in Scotland. P. 172. An error as to the differently-coloured herds of cattle in the Falkland Islands, is corrected. Parkstone, Dorset August, 1889.