Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection
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- A Series of Essays
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1. CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. A Series of Essays. BY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, AUTHOR OF “THE MALAY ARCHIPELAGO,” ETC., ETC.2. PREFACE.3. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.4. I. ON THE LAW WHICH HAS REGULATED THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW SPECIES.[A]5. II. ON THE TENDENCY OF VARIETIES TO DEPART INDEFINITELY FROM THE ORIGINAL TYPE.[D]6. III. MIMICRY, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS.7. III. MIMICRY, AND OTHER PROTECTIVE RESEMBLANCES AMONG ANIMALS. (continued 2)8. IV. THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDÆ OR SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLIES, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION.9. IV. THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDÆ OR SWALLOW-TAILED BUTTERFLIES, AS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE THEORY OF NATURAL SELECTION. (continued 2)10. V. ON INSTINCT IN MAN AND ANIMALS.11. VI. THE PHILOSOPHY OF BIRDS’ NESTS.12. VII. A THEORY OF BIRDS’ NESTS; Showing the relation of certain differences of colour in Female Birds, to their mode of Nidification.13. VIII. CREATION BY LAW.14. IX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN RACES UNDER THE LAW OF NATURAL SELECTION.15. X. THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MAN.16. NOTES.17. INDEX.