CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Introduction: Mutation, Mendelism. and Natural 

 Selection xiii 



I. A Naturalist's contribution to the Dis- 



cussion upon the Age of the Earth 

 (Liverpool, 1896) ...... 1 



II. 'What is a Species?' (London, 1904) . . 46 



III. Theories of Evolution (Boston, 1894) . . 95 



IV. Theories of Heredity (Oxford, 1889) . .130 



V. The Bearing of the Study of Insects upon 

 the Question ' Are Acquired Charac- 

 ters Hereditary ?' (London, 1905) . .139 



VI. A Remarkable anticipation of Modern 



Views on Evolution (1897) . . . .173 



VII. Thomas Henry Huxley and the Theory 



of Natural Selection (Birmingham, 1905) • J 93 



VIII. Natural Selection the Cause of Mimetic 

 Resemblance and Common Warning 

 Colours (London, 1898) 220 



ha^iMiCRY and Natural Selection (Berlin, 1901) 271 



corwE Place of Mimicry in a Scheme of 

 inferDEFENSiYE Coloration (Leeds, 1890) . . 293 



m Jix : A Classification and Index of the 

 Examples of Mimicry quoted in the Text . 383 



Analytical Index 395 





