From the Greeks to Darwin 



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An Outline of the Development 

 of the Evolution Idea 



By HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN, LL.D-, D.Sc. 



Second edition. Cloth, 8vo, 2jo pages, $2.00 



The Initial Volume of the " Columbia University Biological Series " 



The Anticipation and Interpretation of Nature. — Among the 

 Greeks. — The Theologians and the Natural Philosophers. — 

 The Evolutionists of the Eighteenth Century. — From La- 

 marck to St. Hilaire. — Darwin. — Index. 



"This is an attempt to determine the history of Evolution, its development 

 and that of its elements, and the indebtedness of modern to earlier investi- 

 gators. The book is a valuable contribution; it will do a great deal of good 

 in disseminating more accurate ideas of the accomplishment., of the present 

 as compared with the past, and in broadening the view: of such as have con- 

 fined themselves too closely to the recent or to specialties. ... As a whole 

 the book is admirable. The author has been more impartial than any of 

 those who have in part anticipated him in the same line of work." — The 

 Nation. 



" But whether the thread be broken or continuous, the history of thought 

 upon this all-important subject is of the deepest interest, and Professor 

 Osborn's work will be welcomed by ail who take an intelligent interest in 

 Evolution. Up to the present, the pre-Darwinian evolutionists have been for 

 the most part considered singly, the claims of particular naturalists being 

 urged often with too warm an enthusiasm. Professor Osborn has undertaken 

 a more comprehensive work, and with well-balanced judgment assigns a place 

 to each writer." — Prof. Edward B. Poulton, in Nature, London. 



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