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124. Vries, Tuco be. 
Intracellular pangenesis. Original typewritten mss. with pen- 
cilled notes in the handwriting of Professor deVries and revisions 
by the translator, C. Stuart Gager. 1908. 
Autograph letters, signed, by deVries and by Strasburger, 
regarding this translation. 
MS., signed, in handwriting of Ieduard Strasburger, of his /n- 
troduction to the translation. “ The /utracellulare Pangenesis, of 
Hugo de Vries, was such a source of stimulation to me at the time 
of its appearance that I feel greatly indebted to its author.” 
DARWINIANA 
| Darwin, Erasmus] 1731-1802. 
125. The Botanic garden; a poem im two parts. London, 1791, 
First edition of part 1, second edition of part 2. 
The grandfather of Charles Darwin here presents to his con- 
temporaries the state of scientific knowledge in their day, together 
with glimpses of the coming world in which, as he knew, humanity 
would have changed its habits very greatly. 
An illustration by William Blake. 
“The work as a whole takes an extremely distinguished place 
among the best bad books in the language.” (John Drinkwater. ) 
“ Bookseller: Vhen it 1s not of any consequence whether the 
representations correspond with nature ¢ 
Poct |Darwin|: Not if they so much interest the reader as to 
induce the reverie above described.” 
The persistent error that “leaves are the lungs of ates as 
first (7) proposed and elaborated in this book: “ The analogy be- 
tween the leaves of plants and the lungs or gills of animals seems 
to embrace so many circumstances, that we can scarcely withhold 
our assent to their performing similar offices.” 
DARWIN, CHARLES Ropert. 1809-1882. 
126. The descent of man, and selection in relation to sev. First 
edition. london, 1871. 
The first edition appeared on the day the treaty of peace was 
elgeee that ended the Franco-Prussian war—February 14, 1871. 
‘T was partly led to do this [book] by having been taunted that 
