XIII. 



CRITICISMS ON " THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES." 



1. UeBER DIE DARWIN'SCIIE ScnoRFUNCSTIIEORIE; EIN VORTRAO, VON 



A. Kolliker. Leipzig, 1864. 



2. Examination du Livre de M. Darwin sur l'Oricine des EsrECEs. 

 Par P. Flourens. Paris, 18G4. 



In the course of the present year [18G4] several foreign 

 commentaries upon Mr. Darwin's great work have made 

 their appearance. Those who have perused that re- 

 markable chapter of the " Antiquity of Man," in which 

 Sir Charles Lyell draws a parallel between the develop- 

 ment of species and that of languages, will be glad to 

 hear that one of the most eminent philologers of Ger- 

 many, Professor Schleicher, has, independently, published 

 a most instructive and philosophical pamphlet (an excel- 

 lent notice of which is to be found in the Reader, 

 for February 27th of this year) supporting similar views 

 with all the weight of his special knowledge and 

 established authority as a linguist. Professor Hacckel, 

 to whom Schleicher addresses himself, previously took 

 occasion, in his splendid monograph on the Radlolaria} 



1 "Die RadiolarieD : cine Monographic," p. 231. 



