XIII. 

 CRITICISMS ON &quot;THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.&quot; 



1. UEBER DIE DARWIN SCHE SCHOPFUNGSTHEORIE ; BIN VORTRAG, VON 



A. KO&quot;LLIKER. Leipzig, 1864. 



2. EXAMINATION DU LIVRE DE M. DARWIN SUR I/ORIGINE DES ESPECES. 



Par P. FLOURENS. Paris, 1864. 



IN the course of the present year [1864-] several foreign com 

 mentaries upon Mr. Darwin s great work have made their 

 appearance. Those who have perused that remarkable chapter 

 of the &quot; Antiquity of Man,&quot; in which Sir Charles Lyell draws 

 a parallel between the development of species and that of 

 languages, will be glad to hear that one of the most eminent 

 philologers of Germany, Professor Schleicher, has, independently, 

 published a most instructive and philosophical pamphlet (an 

 excellent notice of which is to be found in the Eeader, for 

 February 27th of this year) supporting similar views with all 

 the weight of his special knowledge and established authority 

 as a linguist. Professor Haeckel, to whom Schleicher addresses 

 himself, previously took occasion, in his splendid monograph on 

 the Radiolaria, 1 to express his high appreciation of, and general 

 concordance with, Mr. Darwin s views. 



But the most elaborate criticisms of the &quot; Origin of Species &quot; 

 which have appeared are two works of very widely different 



1 &quot; Die Radiolarien : eine Monographic,&quot; p. 231, 



