BIBLIOGRAPHY 



[It will be readily understood that the literature of Biolog-y is 

 enormous, as a singfle fact will show. Half a century ag^o Dr. 

 Hag-en compiled a list of books and papers relating to Ento- 

 mologfy alone. Thoug-h far from complete, it filled a thousand 

 pag-es, and if brought down to the present date would probably 

 fill a thousand more. The student who tries to follow in some 

 detail the history of any branch of Biology must read books in 

 half-a-dozen languages, and work continually in large public 

 libraries. We shall attempt no more in this place than to mention 

 a few books which can be procured and read by those whose 

 leisure and knowledge of the subject are limited.] 



History of Biology or its Sub- Divisions. 

 Carus, V. Geschichte der Zoologie. 1864 foil. 



The French translation by Hagenmuller and Schneider 

 (1880) will be preferred by some. 

 Cuvier, G. Histoire des Sciences Naturelles. Publi^e par 

 M. de Saint-Agy. Two vols., 1841. Taken down from 

 Cuvier's lectures, but not revised by him. 



Though far from trustworthy (the first volume especially), 

 this history mentions many interesting facts, and suggests 

 inquiries which may be pursued with advantage. 

 Foster, Sir M. Lectures on the History of Physiology. 

 Cambridge Natural Science Manuals, 1901. 



Green, J. R. History of Botany, 1860-igoo. A continua- 

 tion of Sachs's History. Clarendon Press, 1909. 



Sachs, J. History of Botany, i^jo-60. English transla- 

 tion. Clarendon Press, 1889. 



An outline of the History of Palaeontology is prefixed to 

 Zittel's Handbuch der PalcBontologie, Bd. I. (1876-80). English 

 translation, 1900-2. 



The ninth edition of the EncyclopcBdia Britannica often 

 contains useful references. See for example the articles 

 Biology, Embryology, Medicine, Parasitism, and Zoology. 



Biographical dictionaries are of course indispensable. 

 The Dictionary of National Biography^ the Biographic 



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