THE 
HISTORY OF CREATION: 
OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EARTH AND ITS 
INHABITANTS BY THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES. 
A POPULAR EXPOSITION OF 
THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF 
DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LAMARCK IN PARTICULAR, 
FROM THE GERMAN OF 
ERNST HAECKEL, 
PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF JENA. 
THE TRANSLATION REVISED BY 
PROFESSOR E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRR, 
FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. 
IN TWO VOLUMES. 
VOL. It. 
NEW YORK: 
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 
1, 3, anD 5 BOND STREET. 
1880. 
