The Descent of Man

Selection,' 1870, in which all the essays referred
to in this work are re-published. The 'Essay on
Man,' has been ably criticised by Prof. Claparede,
one of the most distinguished zoologists
in Europe, in an article published in the
'Bibliotheque Universelle,' June 1870. The remark
quoted in my text will surprise every one
who has read Mr. Wallace's celebrated paper
on 'The Origin of Human Races Deduced from
the Theory of Natural Selection,' originally
published in the 'Anthropological Review,'
May 1864, p. clviii. I cannot here resist quoting
a most just remark by Sir J. Lubbock ('Prehistoric
Times,' 1865, p. 479) in reference to this
paper, namely, that Mr. Wallace, "with characteristic
unselfishness, ascribes it (i.e. the idea of
natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin,
although, as is well known, he struck out the
idea independently, and published it, though
not with the same elaboration, at the same
time.") maintains, that "natural selection could