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THE DESCENT OF MAN.*

... moderation, from which the eminent originator of the discus- 'Ihe Descent of Man, and Selection in Belation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, , R>S- &c. Twovols, (London: John Murray. 1871.) sion has never in a single phrase departed. It is only fair to remark ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINE

... the cereopsis was in the same unsus- picious state as the birds of the Gallipagos Islands, so graphically described by Charles Darwin in the very best book of travels of this century. Mr Gould's account of the petrels which frequent the shores of Tasmania ...

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... 11;4 rictor.a-test._ ' FUNERAL OP TER LATE CEARLES DA3WIN. In the presence of a vast assemblage, the remains of the late Charles Darwin were buried on Wednesday in Westminster Abbey. According to arrangements, the body was removed on Tuesday evening from ...

LITERATURE

... are Fertilised 7z Insects. By Charles Darwin, M.A., ?? &c. Second Edition, Revised, -with Illustrations. London: John Murray. 1877. The Effects of Croqs and Seyf-Fertilisation in the Veqetablc Kingdom. By Charles Darwin, M.A., ?? &c. London: Johnl Murray ...

DARWIN'S LIFE AND LETTERS

... providence, intervened to prevent the wolf in sheep's clothing from entering the fold. Nor is The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, F R S. with an autobiographical chapter. BSy his SoD, Francis Darwin, F.R.S. Poitraits and Woodicuts. Three Vols. io ...

LITERATURE

... upon this manifest adaptation of supplies to the wants of man. We should be met on the one hand by the disciples of Mr. Charles Darwin, who would easily prove to us that the habitat of each race of animals was discovered by natural selection, and that man ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for ife. By Charles Darwin, M.A., ?? Author of 'Journal of Researches during a Voyage round the World.' John Murray, Albemarle street, 1859. This ...

CURRENT LITERATURE

... (Methuna); ' D!ys ivith Sic' Roger de Coverly, witlhir, Hugh Thoinson's smooth and pleasing illuire. tions (Macnluillai) ; Charles Darwin, tbrilg. nuelit of the life of the great snee of seieste, by his sori, Francis Darwin (John Mursmy); The Practical Guide ...

Literature

... fertile; and that in time the hybrid race will either die out or wholly return to one or other of the parent types. 1 .Mr. Charles Darwin and his disciples may be said .to occupy a middle place between the advocates of a single origin, and many independent ...

LITERARY

... LITERARY. MR DARWIN'S DESCENT OF MAN. T7he Descent of Xan, and Selections in relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, M.A., ?? &c. In Two Volumes. Murray. The positive or scientific mode of thought has within the present generation received a great impulse ...

LITERATURE

... acquitted herself of her debt of piety. DARWIN ON FLOWERS. The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species By Charles Darwin, M.A., F.R.S. With Iliustrations. Loadon'. John Murray. 1877. It was only last year that Mr. Darwin produced his work ...

THE LITERARY EXAMINER

... Both Mr Laing and Professor Huxley appear to be advo- cates of the progressive development theory of the inge- nious Charles Darwin, and on this subject Mr Laing, in so far as the human remains of the Caithness interments are concerned, is the more absolute ...