THE PRESENT EVOLUTION OF MAN. 



By G. ARCHDALL REID. 



PRESS OPINIONS. 



"The whole essay, besides being exceedingly well reasoned, is remarkable for its 

 thoroughly scientific use of the imagination . . . probably the most skilful defence yet 

 put forth on behalf of that theory of heredity which excludes all inheritance of characters 

 acquired in the lifetime of the individual." A thencsum. 



"To make the obscure lucid, to open in one volume a new land to the layman, and a 

 wider prospect to the scientist, are surely no mean achievements. Yet Mr. Reid does 

 these, and more, in ' The Present Evolution of Man,' a book full of learning and suggestive- 

 ness. . . . The mantle of the late Professor Romanes seems to have descended on worthy 

 shoulders. " World. 



" Distinctly an original and practical contribution of high importance. . . . The whole 

 argument of the volume is extremely suggestive and valuable." Daily Telegraph. 



"A keen and original thinker. . . . This extremely difficult subject is bandied with real 

 lucidity and originality. ... A true and discriminating sketch of what it is, at the present 

 day, reasonable to hold in regard to the development of mind . . . highly interesting and 

 suggestive." PROF. E. RAY LANKESTER in The Fortnightly Review. 



"This volume of Mr. Reid's is of a far different quality to those which are too familiar to 

 us. It is a very remarkable work, and one which deserves careful study. ... An accurate 

 and powerful thinker." British Medical Journal. 



"A monograph which is crowded with illustrative data and well-reasoned arguments. 

 ... A work which, as we have said above, requires to be read again and again, for it teems 

 with suggestive, if at times daring, ideas." Lancet. 



"A very excellent discussion of the broad principles of evolution. . . . The argument 

 against the transmission of acquired characters, as ordinarily understood, appears to the 

 writer conclusive. . . . There is no doubt that Mr. Reid's discussion is a valuable one." 

 PROF. T. D. A. COCKKRELL in Science. 



" A product of sustained thought and research." The Zoologist. 

 "A book more than worth a reading." Saturday Review. 



" Leads the reader into fruitful but little-frequented fields of inquiry. Conclusions are 

 arrived at that are deeply interesting." Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 



" Very acute and highly interesting." St. James's Gazette. 



"Full of original ideas and acute reasoning . . . exceedingly well done. . . . This 

 argument has not, within my knowledge, been so clearly and forcibly set forth by any 

 other writer. . . . This very interesting and well-written volume ... a book that is both 

 original and suggestive." MR. ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE in Nature. 



"A startling work." Bombay East Indian. 



" The ability and knowledge with which this noteworthy book is written would commend 

 it to persons interested in theoretical questions of biology, even if the practical issues which 

 it discusses with sincerity and courage were not of extreme interest to the general public." 

 Manchester Guardian. 



" Emphatically a book to be read." Pall Mall Gazette. 



"There is abundant evidence that this book, which deals with the evolution thesis in its 

 bearings on contemporary human life, is the work of a thoughtful man, and it contains a 

 good deal of suggestive matter." Tablet. 



" A very fresh and original study of the influence of drugs and diseases on the human 

 nee." Free Review. 



" Unquestionably the most important contribution to the evolution theory since Weis- 

 mann's work on ' The Continuity of the Germ Plasma.' . . . This remarkable book . . . 

 throws light on all dark places of human history." Japan Weekly Mail. 



