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Darwin, and After Darwin, Volumes 1 and 3 / An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions

George John Romanes

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 309 pages

A collection of essays and lectures in which George John Romanes expounds Darwinian evolutionary theory and discusses post-Darwinian questions. Originating from lectures on the philosophy of natural history, it offers a clear account of evolutionary thought for listeners interested in its history.

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Charles Darwin
DARWIN, AND AFTER DARWIN
AN EXPOSITION OF THE DARWINIAN THEORY
AND A DISCUSSION OF POST-DARWINIAN
QUESTIONS
BY
GEORGE JOHN ROMANES, M.A., LL.D.,
F.R.S.
Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge
I
THE DARWINIAN THEORY
FOURTH EDITION
Chicago
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1910
The Illustrations of this book (with the exception of
the Frontispiece and the colored plate facing page 332)
are copyrighted under the title “Darwinism Illustrated.”

The Open Court Publishing Co.
PRESS OF THE
BLAKELY-OSWALD PRINTING CO.
CHICAGO
Letter from George Romanes to Edward Hageler
Ch. Ch. Oxford:
March 15th 1892.
My dear Sir,
As we have now agreed that
the Open Court Publishing Company is to
undertake the American edition of my
work entitled “Darwin and after
Darwin,” I have much pleasure
in transferring to you the copyright
thereof, with all that this
includes.
Thanking you very much for
the kindness and liberality which
have marked your conduct of these
negotiations,
I remain,
Yours very faithfully,
George J. Romanes
To
Edward C. Hegeler Esq.
La Salle, Ill. U. S.
PREFACE
Several years ago Lord Rosebery founded, in the
University of Edinburgh, a lectureship on “The Philosophy

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Contents

  1. DARWIN, AND AFTER DARWIN AN EXPOSITION OF THE DARWINIAN THEORY AND A DISCUSSION OF POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS BY GEORGE JO
  2. PREFACE
  3. CONTENTS
  4. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  5. SECTION I EVOLUTION
  6. CHAPTER I. Introductory.
  7. CHAPTER II. Classification.
  8. CHAPTER III. Morphology.
  9. CHAPTER IV. Embryology.
  10. CHAPTER V. Palæontology.
  11. CHAPTER VI. Geographical Distribution.
  12. SECTION II SELECTION
  13. CHAPTER VII. The Theory of Natural Selection.
  14. CHAPTER VIII. Evidences of the Theory of Natural Selection.
  15. CHAPTER IX. Criticisms of the Theory of Natural Selection.
  16. CHAPTER X. The Theory of Sexual Selection, and Concluding Remarks.
  17. APPENDIX AND NOTES
  18. APPENDIX TO CHAPTER V.
  19. INDEX
  20. FOOTNOTES:
  21. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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