xxvi Descriptive Bibliography 



Literature, Third Supplement, 1892-1896, and Fourth 

 Supplement, 1897-1902. 



Huxley's writings (essays, books, and scientific 

 memoirs) form Appendix III in The Life and Letters 

 and cover nineteen pages. Only the more significant 

 books need be mentioned here. The dates are those of 

 first editions: 



1863. Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature. 



The main contention of the book is thus summarized on 

 page 67: "Without question, the mode of origin and 

 the early stages of the development of man are iden- 

 tical with those of the animals immediately below 

 him in the scale: without a doubt, in these respects, he 

 is far nearer the Apes than the Apes are to the Dog." 



1866. Lessons in Elementary Physiology. 



This has proved the most popular of Huxley's books. 

 Before his death it had passed into its fourth edition 

 and been reprinted twenty-eight times. 



1870. Lay Sermons, Addresses, and Reviews. 



The fifteen chapters cover the years from 1854 to 

 1870. The volume includes the first three addresses 

 reprinted in this book. 



1877. American Addresses. 



These addresses are good illustrations of how scientific 

 accuracy may be not only joined with but vitalized 

 by imagination. They discuss university education, 

 creation, evolution, and methods of biological study. 

 The lecture On the Study of Biology, though included 

 in American Addresses, was not delivered until after 

 Huxley's return to England. 



1878. Hume. 



Though this book appeared in the English Men of 

 Letters Series, the emphasis is naturally upon Hume 

 the philosopher. " It is assuredly one of Hume's 

 greatest merits," says Huxley on page 63, " that he 

 clearly recognized the fact that philosophy is based 

 upon psychology ; and that the inquiry into the con- 

 tents and the operations of the mind must be con- 

 ducted upon the same principles as a physical investiga- 



