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Contents ix 



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Darwinism in the Edinburgh Review — Bishop Wilber- 

 force attacks in the Quarterly Review — Huxley's 

 Scathing Replies — The British Association Debates at 

 Oxford — Huxley and Wilberfbrce — Resume of Hux- 

 ley's Exact Position with Regard to Evolution and to 

 Natural Selection. 



CHAPTER Vin 



VERTEBRATE ANATOMY 1 28 



The Theory of the Vertebrate Skull^Goethe, Oken, - 



Cuvier, and Owen — Huxley Defends Goethe — His / 



own Contributions to the Theory — The Classification 1 



of Birds — Huxley Treats them as " Extinct Animals " \ 



— Geographical Distribution — Sclater's Regions — \ 



Huxley's Suggestions. ' 



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CHAPTER IX 



MAN AND THE APES 144 



Objections to Zoological Discussion of Man's Place — 

 Owen's Prudence — Huxley's Determination to Speak 

 out — Account of his Treatment of Man's Place in 

 Nature — Additions Made by More Recent Work. 



CHAPTER X 



SCIENCE AS A BRANCH OF EDUCATION . . 167 



Science-Teaching Fifty Years Ago — Huxley's Insist- 

 ence on Reform — Science Primers — Physiography — 

 Elementary Physiology — The Crayfish — Manuals of 

 Anatomy — Modern Microscopical Methods — Practical 

 Work in Biological Teaching — Invention of the Type 

 System — Science iu Medical Education— Science and 

 Culture. 



CHAPTER XI 



GENERAL PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION . . . 188 



Establishment of Compulsory Education in England 



