CONTENTS 



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EDITOR'S PREFACE . xiii-xvi 



PART I 



THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF IDEAS 



BOOK I 

 THE FIRST PERIODS OF PALAEONTOLOGY 



CHAPTER I 



EARLY HYPOTHESES 3-6 



Plastic force Theories of the Flood The inventory 

 of fossil remains. 



CHAPTER II 



GEORGES CUVIER AND " LES REVOLUTIONS DU GLOBE " 7-16 

 Creation of comparative anatomy and palaeontology 

 The gradual perfecting of fossil faunas The revolu- 

 tions of the globe The changes of faunas by migra- 

 tion. 



CHAPTER III 



THE THEORY OF SUCCESSIVE CREATIONS .... 17-22 

 Alcide d'Orbigny, d'Archiac, and Agassiz The cata- 

 logue of fossil beings The extinction and the sudden 

 appearance of species. 



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