VI. 



THE ATTITUDE OF WORKING NATURALISTS TOWARD DAR- 

 WINISM. 1 



(The Nation, October 16, 1873.) 



That homely adage, "What is one man's meat is 

 another man's poison," comes to mind when we con- 

 sider with what different eyes different naturalists look 

 upon the hypothesis of the derivative origin of actual 

 specific forms, since Mr. Darwin gave it vogue and 



1 " Histoire des Sciences et des Sevants depuis deux Siecles, suivie 

 d'autres etudes sur des sujets scientifiques, en particulier sur la Selec- 

 tion dans l'Espece Humaine, par Alphonse De Candolle." Geneve : H. 

 Georg. 1873. 



" Addresses of George Bentham, President, read at the anniversary 

 meetings of the Linnean Society, 1862-18*73." 



" Notes on the Classification, History, and Geographical Distribution 

 of Compositse. By George Benthara." Separate issue from the Journal 

 of the Linnean Society. Vol. XIII. London. 1873. 



" On Palreontological Evidence of Gradual Modification of Animal 

 Forms, read at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, April 25, 1873. 

 by Prof. W. H. Flower." {Journal of the Royal Institution, pp. 11.) 



"The Distribution and Migration of Birds. Memoir presented to 

 the National Academy of Sciences, January, 1865, abstracted in the 

 American Journal of Science and the Arts. 1866, etc. By Spencer 

 F. Baird." 



"The Story of the Earth and Man. By J. W. Dawson, LL.D., 

 F. It. S., F. G. S., Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, 

 Montreal. London: Hodder & Stoughton; New York: Harper & 

 Brothers. 1873. Pp. 403, 12mo. 



