THE 



HISTORY OF CREATION : 



on THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS 

 INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES. 



A. POPULAR EXPOSITION OP 



THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF 



DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LAMARCK IN PARTICULAR, 



FROM THE GERMAN OF 



EEN ST HAE CKEL, 



PfiOFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF JE.VxV. 



THE TRANSLATION REVISED BY 

 B. RAT LANKESTER, M,A., FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



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