CONTENTS. 



I. 



PAGR 



1 VTRODUCTIO-N SUMMARY OF THE RESULTS OF LINGUISTIC INQUIRY 

 POSITIVE KNOWLEDGE PRELIMINARY TO THE DOCTRINE OF 

 DESCENT BELIEF IN MIRACLE THE LIMITS OF THE INVESTI- 

 GATION OF NATURE ......... i 



II. 



THE ANIMAL WORLD IN ITS PRESENT STATE ..... 24 



III. 

 THE PHENOMENA OF REPRODUCTION IN THE ANIMAL WORLD. . 39 



IV 



THE ANIMAL WORLD IN ITS HISTORICAL AND PAL^EONTOLOGICAL 

 DEVELOPMENT 60 



V. 



THE STANDPOINT OF THE MIRACULOUS, AND THE INVESTIGATION 

 OF NATURE CREATION OR NATURAL DEVELOPMENT LINNAEUS 

 CUVIER AGASSIZ EXAMINATION OF THE IDEA OF SPECIES . 8a 



VI. 



NATURAL PHILOSOPHY GOETHE PREDESTINED TRANSFORMATION 

 ACCORDING TO RlCHARD OWEN LAMARCK TQ 



