PRESS NOTICES 



OF 



THE PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY. 



" The bearing of the facts of disease upon the problems of heredity is a subject which Mr. 

 Reid has made peculiarly his own. . . . How it comes about that the study of a subject so 

 colossal, of such vast practical importance, and so replete with implications for the pure 

 biologist, should still be confined to one man we cannot stop to inquire. . . . Our expres- 

 sion of the pleasure and enlightenment and exhilaration which the reading and re-reading 

 of this book has produced. . . . Brilliant, original, and invaluable thinker." DR. SALEEBY, 

 in The Fortnightly Review. 



"The publication of this book marks an epoch in the history of the relation between 

 medicine and biology, inasmuch as it is an embodiment of the recognition by medical men 

 that they depend ultimately for a precise knowledge of nature on the professional biologist 

 who may, or may not, at the same time be a medical man. The book should be welcomed 

 by doctors as containing in the earlier chapters a straightforward, though rather brief, 

 account of theories of organic evolution, and by biologists as giving a very full account of 

 the medical aspect of these problems, and by both as an interesting collection, under the 

 title of " The Principles of Heredity," of a mass of information and ideas connected with 

 that phenomenon." Nature. 



' ' Within the last few years the biological study of heredity has made great strides ; there 

 are many areas of clearness amid the mist, there are certainties amid much that remains 

 uncertain. Dr. Archdall Eeid's book makes this very clear. . . . We would seriously com- 

 mend the volume before us to the careful consideration of medical men. It is full of facts, 

 it is carefully and clearly written, it is always interesting, and it has an outlook of its 

 own." PROFESSOR J. ARTHUR- THOMSON, in The Edinburgh, Medical Journal. 



"This is one of those rare books which should be reviewed only after weeks of careful 

 thought and study. . . . Mr. Reid's range is so wide, his command of detail so ample, his 

 power of sustaining interest alike in the purely academic and the practical aspects of his 

 subject so complete, that we are almost at a loss to determine what form this review should 

 take. This is a book which no intelligent student of human affairs, whether he be a 

 biologist or no, can possibly afford to ignore. In knowledge, in style, in method, in pur- 

 pose, in logical power, in every necessary or desirable character, it is a model of what such 

 a treatise should be." The Outlook. 



" This is in very many respects a most remarkable volume . . . one thing should be said 

 and insisted upon, regarding this book it is a book which should be read by everybody, in- 

 asmuch as it is a book which concerns everybody. Among the entire army of people now 

 writing on scientific subjects, there is none who surpasses Dr. Reid in the great quality of 

 clearness." The Sunday Sun. 



"Whether Dr. Reid has succeeded in completing the doctrine of biological evolution and 

 finally laying the ghost of Lamarck, or whether this controversy is destined to remain open 

 for some time longer, there can be no doubt that this work must exercise a profound 

 influence on all subsequent discussion of the effects of heredity." The Positivist Review. 



"Mr. Reid has written an interesting book on a difficult subject with his customary 

 vigour of criticism and clearness of expression. . . . The book, in short, is distinctly 

 controversial, and its author ' deals faithfully ' with dissentients ; but it is the work of an 

 acute critic and original thinker." Tlie Standard. 



" Our space has reached its limits ; all too soon. We have scarcely begun to indicate 

 the reasons why we regard this book as one of the most valuable that have appeared since 

 the epoch-making date of 1859. But these reasons will be apparent to all readers." The 

 Evening Standard. 



" If the reviewer had many volumes like this to read and consider, his occupation would 

 furnish almost the ideal form of intellectual life. . . . There is not a chapter of this 

 masterly and fascinating treatise concerning which our pen could not run on for a week. It 

 is certain that no student of organic evolution, or of that science of society which entirely 

 depends on evolutionary biology and psychology, can possibly afford to neglect to read Mr. 

 Reid's new book. The scientific chapters are exceedingly important and complete. . . . 

 The most complete and philosophic treatise on heredity with which we are acquainted." 

 The Pall Mall Gazette. 



" Dr. REID has given us an interesting work opening up a number of points which are open 

 to discussion on which his own views are clearly and strongly stated. It contributes to the 

 active life of thought in a profoundly important subject." PROFESSOR LLOYD MORGAN. 

 The Morning Post. 



" The chapters in which he deals with heredity in connection with disease are not only 

 exceedingly useful, but singularly beautiful by reason of the conclusiveness of their 

 argumentation."^* Sheffield Telegraph. 



" A volume which is vividly and lucidly written and is as full of good matter as an egg of 

 meat." The Westminster Gazette. 



" Lucid, original, daring, . . . it is impossible to withstand the stimulus of his energetic 

 argument and wealth of illustration." The Chronicle. 



" This great book . . . altogether a fascinating volume, admirably written, and fiercely 

 believed." The Expository Times. 



" Able and exhaustive treatise." Literary World. 



" The author has so consistently avoided the use of technical language, and his reasoning 

 is so clear and acute, that it should prove very interesting to the general reader." 

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