ESSAYS UPON HEREDITY 



AND KINDRED 



BIOLOGICAL PROBLEMS 



BY 



DR, AUGUST WEISMANN 



PROFESSOR IN THE UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG IN BREISGAU 



AUTHORISED TRANSLATION 



EDITED BY 



EDWARD B. POULTON, M.A., F.L.S., KG. 8. 



- TUTOR OF KEBLE COLLEGE, OXFORD 

 LECTURER IN NATURAL SCIENCE, JESUS COLLEGE, OXFORD 



SELMAR SCHONLAND, PH.D. 



.SCH-CURATOR (IK THK HKI.DINU HERBARIUM IN THK UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD 

 AND 



ARTHUR E. SHIPLEY, M.A., F.L.S. 



FELLOW AND LECTURER OF CHRIST'S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE 

 DEMONSTRATOR OF 1,'OMI'ARATIVK ANATOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE 



AT THE CLARENDON PliESS 

 1889 



