Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection / A Series of Essays

by Alfred Russel Wallace

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Preface to the Second Edition
3. I. On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species
4. Conclusion
5. II. On the Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type
6. Conclusion
7. III. Mimicry, and Other Protective Resemblances Among Animals
8. Conclusion
9. IV. The Malayan Papilionidæ or Swallow-Tailed Butterflies, as Illustrative of the Theory of Natural Selection
10. V. On Instinct in Man and Animals
11. VI. The Philosophy of Birds’ Nests
12. Conclusion
13. VII. A Theory of Birds’ Nests; Showing the relation of certain differences of colour in Female Birds, to their mode of Nidification
14. Conclusion
15. VIII. Creation by Law
16. Conclusion
17. A Demonstration of the Origin of Species by Natural Selection
18. IX. The Development of Human Races Under the Law of Natural Selection
19. Conclusion
20. X. The Limits of Natural Selection as Applied to Man
21. Conclusion
22. Notes

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