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This volume collects essays written by Alfred Russel Wallace regarding his independent discovery and development of the theory of natural selection. The author provides corrected and expanded versions of his previous scientific writings to demonstrate the scope and application of his findings.

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PREFACE.

brought within her domain.

For the convenience of those who are acquainted with any of my essays in their original form, I subjoin references to the more important additions and alterations now made to them.

ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE ESSAYS AS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED.
Essays I. and II. are unaltered, but short notes are added at pp. 19, 24, 29, and 40.
III.— Mimicry, and other Protective Resemblances among Animals.
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53Additional illustration of protective colouring in the case of the wood-dove and the robin.
63On moths resembling bird’s dung and mortar.
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