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MY LIFE * Digitized by the Internet Archive \m '• !n: III ':; V'iW THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA ENDOWED BY THE DIALECTIC AND PHILANTHROPIC SOCIETIES QH31 .W2 A3 UNIVERSITY OF N.C. AT CHAPEL HILL 10002182406 This book is due at the LOUIS R. WILSON LIBRARY on the last date stamped under "Date Due." If not on hold it may be renewed by bringing it to the library. DATE DATE DUE RET. DUE RET. ,aPR3 7 |; W^ rfec^a'BO 19 19^6 i ^ ^;i^'0(?r^' WTTT^W 1^ snj: 8 2009 ^rsr iLum "^tt. MY LIFE * Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2010 with funding from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://www.archive.org/details/myliferecordofevOOwall MY LIFE''"^ A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CO BY ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE AUTHOR OF 'man's place in the universe," "the MALAY ARCHIPELAGO," "DARWINISM, "geographical distribution of ANIMALS," "NATURAL SELECTION AND TROPICAL NATURE," ETC. NEW EDITION CONDENSED AND REVISED <^ > WITH FACSIMILE LETTERS, ILLUSTRATIONS .*; AND PORTRAITS LONDON CHAPMAN & HALL, Ltd. 1908 PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION Among the numerous kind and even flattering notices of the first edition of this work, there were a con- siderable number in which objection was made to its great bulk, caused in part by the inclusion in it of subjects only indirectly related to myself, as well as of some of my early writings which were of no special interest. Recognizing as I do the justice of this criticism, I gladly agreed to the suggestion of my publishers that I should prepare a new edition in one volume, by omitting all such superfluous matter as is above referred to. Feeling that I was not myself the best judge of what to omit, I asked my son, Mr. William G. Wallace, to undertake this task, after agreeing with him, and with my publishers, on several entire chapters which must certainly be omitted. In order to represent the general reader he asked a friend of his own, who had not read the book before, to assist him in forming an opinion in doubtful cases. I have also myself con- densed some diffuse portions, and have added a few additional facts, bringing the story of "My Life" down to the present time. a 2 VI PREFACE All the illustrations have been retained which are in any way referred to in the present work, and I trust that the result will be to render it acceptable to a new body of readers. Broadstone, October i, 1908. PREFACE TO THE ORIGINAL EDITION The present volumes would not have been written had not the representatives of my English and American publishers assured me that they would probably interest a large number of readers. I had indeed promised to write some account of my early life for the information of my son and daughter, but this would have been of very limited scope, and would probably not have been printed. Having never kept a diary, except when abroad, nor preserved any of the earlier letters of my friends, I at first thought that I had no materials for any full record of my life and experiences. But when I set to work in earnest to get together whatever scattered memoranda I could find, the numerous letters I possessed from men of considerable eminence, dating from my return home in 1862, together with a few of my own returned to me by some of my correspondents, I began to see that I had a fair amount of material, though I was very doubtful how far it would interest any considerable number of readers. As several of my friends have assured me that a true record of a life, especially if sufficiently full as to illustrate development of character so far as that is VllI PREFACE due to environment, would be extremely interesting, I have kept this in mind, perhaps unduly, though I am not at all sure that my own conclusions on this point are correct. It is difficult to write such a record as mine (extending to the memories of nearly eighty years) without subjecting one's self to the charge of diffuse- ness or egotism, and I cannot hope to escape this altogether. But as my experiences have been cer- tainly varied, if not exciting, I trust that the frequent change of scene and of occupation, together with the diversity of my interests and of the persons with whom I have been associated, may render this story of my life less tedious than might have been anticipated. My thanks are due to those friends who have assisted me with facts or illustrations, and especially to Mrs. Arthur Waugh, who has been so kind as to make the very full Index to my book. Old Orchard, Broadstone, September^ 190 5- CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. My Relatives and Ancestors . i II. My Earliest Memories, Usk and Hert- ford 13 III. My School Life at Hertford ... 26 IV. London Workers, Secularists and OWENITES 43 V. Land Surveying in Bedfordshire . 58 VI. Radnorshire 74 VII. Residence in South Wales : Brecknock- shire AND Glamorganshire ... 87 VIII. Self-education in Science and Litera- ture lOI IX. Life at Leicester and Neath . .121 X. Four Years in the Amazon Valley . 143 XL London, and Voyage to the East . 163 XII. In the Malay Archipelago (1854-1858) . 175 XIII. In the Malay Archipelago (1S58-1862) . 189 XIV. Life in London, 1862-1871 — Scientific AND Literary Work 203 X CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE XV. Sir Charles Lyell and Charles Darwin (1863-1881) 220 XVI. Herbert Spencer, Huxley, and Other Friends 239 XVII. Home Life and Work (1870-1885) . 260 XVIII. A Lecture Tour in America (1886-1887) . 272 XIX. Friends and Occupations of my Later Years (i 888-1 908) 294 XX. Land Nationalization to Socialism . 319 XXI. Mesmerism to Spiritualism .... 334 XXII. A Chapter on Money Matters— Earnings and Losses—Speculations and Law-suits 357 XXIII. My Character—New Ideas .... 379 XXIV. Predictions fulfilled : Latest Honours 390 Index 399 ILLUSTRATIONS Alfred R. Wallace Frontispiece Thomas Vere Wallace. Aged 36 Between pages 10& 11 (At the time of his marriage) Mary Anne Wallace. Aged 18 . „ „ (At the time of her marriage) Birthplace of A. R. Wallace, Usk, Mon- mouthshire .... Facingp The Grammar School, Hertford The Beacons, looking South Plan of Top of Beacons Section of Top of Beacons Maen Llia A Sketch in Derbyshire . A Village in Leicestershire Porth-yr-Ogof, Vale of Neath . Maen Madoc—Latin Inscription A. R. Wallace. Aged 24 (From a Daguerrotype) A. R. Wallace. Aged 30 Native House in Aru Islands . xn ILLUSTRATIONS A. R. Wallace. Aged 46 ... Facing p. ii'j [^Publication of Malay Archipelago) A Letter from Dr. Purland ... „ 253 My First Letter from Dr. Purland . ,, 253 Envelope of Second Letter ... „ 253 My Last Letter from Dr. Purland . „ 255 The Dell, Grays ,,261 [Built for A. R.Wallace) A. R. Wallace. Aged 55 . ,, 265 Nutwood Cottage^ Godalming ... „ 269 The Moorish Tent, Louray Cavern. ,, 276 Old Orchard, Broadstone .... „ 307 [Built by A. R. IV., 1902) MY LIFE A RECORD OF EVENTS AND OPINIONS CHAPTER I MY RELATIVES AND ANCESTORS * Our family had but few relations, and I myself never saw a grandfather or grandmother, nor a true uncle, and but one aunt —my mother's only sister. The only cousins we ever had, so far as I know, were that sister's family of eight or nine, all but two of whom emigrated to South Australia in 1838. Of the two who remained in England, the daughter had married Mr. Burningham, and had only one child, a daughter, who has never married. The son, the Rev. Percy Wilson, had a family, none of whom, however, I have ever met, though I have recently had a visit from a son of another cousin, Algernon, with whom I had a considerable correspondence. My father was practically an only son, an elder boy dying when three months old ; and as his father died when he was a boy of twelve, and his mother when he was an infant, he had not much opportunity of hearing about the family history. I myself left home before I was fourteen, and only rarely visited my parents for short holidays, except once during my B 2 MY LIFE recovery from a dangerous illness, so that I also had little opportunity of learning anything of our ances- tors on the paternal side, more especially as my father seldom spoke of his youth, and I as a boy felt no interest in his genealogy. Neither did my eldest brother William—with whom I lived till I was of age —ever speak on the subject. The little I have gleaned was from my sister Fanny and from a recent ex- amination of tombstones and parish registers, and especially from an old Prayer-book {1723) which belonged to my grandfather Wallace, who had registered in it the dates of the births and baptisms of his two sons, while my father had continued the register to include his own family of nine children, of whom I am the only survivor. My paternal grandfather was married at Hanworth, Middlesex, in 1765, and the parish register describes him as William Wallace, of Hanworth, bachelor, and his wife as Elizabeth Dilke, of Laleham, widow. Both are buried in Laleham churchyard, where I presum.e the former Mrs. Dilke had some family burial rights, as my grandfather's brother, George Wallace, is also buried there. The register at Hanworth contains no record of my father's birth, but the church itself shows that quite a small colony of Wallaces lived at Han- worth. On a long stone in the floor of the chancel is the name of James Wallace, Esq., who died February 7, 1778, aged 8y years.
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