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ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, Author of " The Malay Archipelago," 

 etc. Second Edition, with Corrections and Additions. Crown 

 8vo. %s.6d. (For other Works by the same Author, see CATA- 

 LOGUE OF HISTORY AND TRAVELS.) 



Mr. Wallace has good claims to be considered as an independent 

 originator of the theory of natural selection. Dr. Hooker, in 

 his address to the British Association, spoke thus of the author : 

 "Of Mr. Wallace and his many contributions to philosophical 

 biology it is not easy to speak 'without enthusiasm ; for, putting 

 aside their great merits, he, throughout his writings, with a 

 modesty as rare as I believe it to be unconscious, forgets his cnvn 

 unquestioned claim to the honour of having originated, indepen- 

 dently of Mr. Darwin, the theories which he so ably defends" 

 The Saturday Review says : "He has combined an abtmdance of 

 fresh and original facts -with a liveliness and sagacity of reasoning 

 which are not often displayed so effectively on so small a scale." 

 The Essays in this volume are : /. ' ' On the Law which has regu- 

 lated the introduction of New Species" II. "On the Tendencies of 

 Varieties to depart indefinitely from the Original Type" III. "Mi- 

 micry, and other Protective Resemblances among Animals." IV. 

 " The Malayan Papilionidce, as illustrative of the Theory of 

 Natural Selection." V. "On Instinct in Man and Animals." 

 VI. "The Philosophy of Birds' Nests." VII. "A Theory of 

 Birds' Nests." VIII. " Creation by Law." IX. " The Develop- 

 ment of Htnnan Races under the Law of Natural Selection." 

 X. " The Limits of Natural Selection as applied to Man." 



Warington. THE WEEK OF CREATION; OR, THE 

 COSMOGONY OF GENESIS CONSIDERED IN ITS 

 RELATION TO MODERN SCIENCE. By GEORGE WAR- 

 INGTON, Author of "The Historic Character of the Pentateuch 

 Vindicated." Crown Svo. ^s. 6d. 



The greater part of this work it taken tip with the teaching of the 

 Cosmogony. Its purpose is also investigated, and a chapter is 

 devoted to the consideration of the passage in which the difficulties 

 occur. "A very able vindication of the Mosaic Cosmogony, by a 

 writer who imites the advantages of a critical knowledge of the 

 Hebreiv text and of distinguished scientific attainments."- 

 Spectator. 



