TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGES 



INTRODUCTION. .... xiii-xxx 



PART I. 



EVOLUTION, PAST AND PRESENT. 



CHAPTER I. 

 NATURE AND SCOPE OF EVOLUTION. 



EARLY Speculations Regarding Nature and Man Com- 

 prehensiveness of Evolution Evolution Denned 

 Literature of Evolution Freedom from Bias in the 

 Discussion of Evolution 13-22 



CHAPTER II. 



EARLY EVOLUTIONARY VIEWS. 



FIRST Studies of Nature Evolution Among the Greeks 



Aristotle's Observations Mediaeval Writers. . . . 23-30 



CHAPTER III. 



FOSSILS AND GIANTS. 



EARLY Notions Regarding Fossils Italian Geologists on 

 Fossils Legends About Giants True Significance of 

 Fossils Controversy in the French Academy. . . 31-40 

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