... were much * Erasmus Darwin. By Ernst Krause. Translated from the German by W. S. Dallas. With a Preliminary Notice by Charles Darwin. (Loadon : John Murray. 1879.) in advance of those current in his time. He was an earnest advocate of temperance in an ...

... us, accepts, almost without qualification, the doctrine of evolution as inter- preted by Mr. Herbert Spencer and Mr. Charles Darwin; and connects it with the Bible as but the physical or natural side of its own (the Bibles) doctrines, which it (the ...

... Altogether Shrewsbury had reason to be proud of Robert Darwin, but by posterity he will be chiefly remembered as the father of Charles Darwin. The Wedgwoods had a warehouse in York-street, St. James's-square, an aristocratic but, according to Miss Meteyard, an ...

... this kind Mr. Darwin alleges to have been acquired through the 1 )cent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. By Charles Darwin, &c. Two vols, (London: John Murray. 1S71.) advantages which they conferred on their possessors in respect of propaga- ...

... Well the a I-e-the fixed idea-of 31. Petrus Van Blutt, a Dutch savant, mle is on ardteit follower in the steps of Mr Charles Darwin, i. that time unamian race is descended from the ape, and he is CoevinceIl that Ite has found the intermediate type, the ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... pages in addition to the Portrait. The price of the paper remains as before. The first Picture issued will be that of Mr. CHARLES DARWIN, to be followed by Mr. ALFRED TENNYSON, Professor AIRY, Mr. THOMAS CARLYLE, Professor TYNDALL, Mr. BROWN- ING, Sir FREDERICK ...

... LITERARY. -0- MR DARWIN ON SEXUAL SELECTION. I The Descent of Man, and Selection in relation.to Sex. By Charles Darwin. Murray. The greater part of Mr Darwin's book is occupied with a detailed exposition of what he calls 'Sexual Selection.' This is a ...

... of M. Emile Blanchard's 'Metamorphoses, Moaurs et Instincts des Insectes,' and a Compilation from the works of Newport, Charles Darwin, Spence, Bale, Fritz Mflller, Packard, Lubbock, Stainton, and others. Br P Martin Duncan, ?? Professor of Geology in Kiing's ...