THE GERM-PLASM 



A THEORY OF HEREDITY 



BY 



AUGUST WEISMANN 



Professor in the University of Freiburg-in- Baden 



TRANSLATED BY 

 W. NEWTON PARKER Ph.D. 



Professor in the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire 



AND 



HARRIET RONNFELDT B.Sc. 



WITH TWENTY-FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS 



NEW YORK 

 CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



1893 



