THE LIVING WORLD 



WHENCE IT CAME AND WHITHER 

 IT IS DRIFTING 



A REVIEW OF THE SPECULATIONS CONCERNING THE ORIGIN AND 

 SIGNIFICANCE OF LIFE AND OF THE FACTS KNOWN IN RE- 

 GARD TO ITS DEVELOPMENT, WITH SUGGESTIONS 

 AS TO THE DIRECTION IN WHICH THE 

 DEVELOPMENT IS NOW TENDING 



BY 



H. W. CONN 



PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY IN WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 

 AUTHOR OF "EVOLUTION OF TO-DAY" 



G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS 



NEW YORK LONDON 



27 WEST TWENTY -THIRD ST. 27 KING WILLIAM ST., STRAND 



(l)e ^nithcrbocker IJpress 

 1891 



