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WANTED.- Two copies of Lyell's Principles of Geology-English edition, at 24 Beck ball, between 7 and 7 30 evenings...
WANTED.- Two copies of Lyell's Principles of Geology-English edition at 24 Beck hall, between 7 and 7.30 evenings...
WANTED.- Two copies of Lyell's Principles of Geology-English edition, at 24 Beck hall, between 7 and 7.30 evenings...
...Wallace sent his essay to Darwin, asking him, if he saw fit, to forward it to Sir Charles Lyell for publication. Lyell and Hooker agreed to publish it only on condition that he (Darwin) would at the same time give to the public the memoirs that they had for so many years endeavored to persuade him to publish, and which they had perused as far back as 1844. The result was, that the essays of Darwin and Wallace were presented, under one title, before the Linnean Society on June...
...Wallace, who is now studying the natural history of the Malay Archipelago, has arrived at almost the same general conclusions that I have on the origin of species. In 1858 he sent me a memoir on this subject with a request that I would forward it to Sir Charles Lyell, who sent it to the Linnean Society, and it is published in the third volume of the journal of that society. Sir C. Lyell and Dr. Hooker, who both knew of my work, honored me by thinking it advisable to publish, with Mr. Wallace's excellent memoirs, some brief extracts...