CONTENTS. 



PREFACE BY R. A. STREATFEILD . Vll 



AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL PREFACE . x 



CHAPTEB 



I. ON CERTAIN ACQUIRED HABITS . . . I 



II. CONSCIOUS AND UNCONSCIOUS KNOWERS THE LAW 



AND GRACE . . 2O 



III. APPLICATION OF FOREGOING CHAPTERS TO CERTAIN 



HABITS ACQUIRED AFTER BIRTH WHICH ARE 

 COMMONLY CONSIDERED INSTINCTIVE . . 43 



IV. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING PRINCIPLES TO 



ACTIONS AND HABITS ACQUIRED BEFORE BIRTH 59 

 V. PERSONAL IDENTITY ". ... 78 



vi. PERSONAL IDENTITY (continued) . . 91 



VII. OUR SUBORDINATE PERSONALITIES . . .104 

 VIII. APPLICATION OF THE FOREGOING CHAPTERS THE 



ASSIMILATION OF OUTSIDE MATTER . .125 

 IX. ON THE ABEYANCE OF MEMORY . . .150 

 X. WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO FIND IF DIFFEREN- 

 TIATIONS OF STRUCTURE AND INSTINCT ARE 

 MAINLY DUE TO MEMORY ./ . . 1 66 

 XI. INSTINCT AS INHERITED MEMORY . . .198 

 XII. INSTINCTS OF NEUTER INSECTS . . . 22O 



XIII. LAMARCK AND MR. DARWIN . . 252 



XIV. MR. MIVART AND MR. DARWIN . . .273 

 XV. CONCLUDING REMARKS . . , , . 294 



APPENDIX AUTHOR'S ADDENDA . . 308 



