xiv CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER VI. 



PAGE 



SCHEME OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK HISTORICAL SKETCH 



OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION 60 



CHAPTEE VII. 



PRE-BUFFONIAN EVOLUTION, AND SOME GERMAN WRITERS .. CS 



CHAPTER VIII. 

 BUFFON MEMOIR .. 74 



CHAPTER IX. 



BUFFON'S METHOD THE IRONICAL CHARACTER OF HIS WORK 78 



CHAPTER X. 



SUPPOSED FLUCTUATIONS OF OPINION CAUSES OR MEANS OF 



THE TRANSFORMATION OF SPECIES 97 



CHAPTER XL 



BUFFON FULLER QUOTATIONS 107 



CHAPTER XII. 



SKETCH OF DR. ERASMUS DARWIN'S LIFE 173 



CHAPTER XIII. 

 OF DR, EBASMUJJ DARWIN 195 



