specimen Press flotiees of ** Evolution." 



"A book which serves a double purpose : to present, succintly yet completely, the 

 evolution philosophy; and to show its application to and influence upon all the 

 interests of life. It is not i)ossible to spealv of this book with any degree of reserve. 

 It is entirely admirable. It should be a matter of pride to every American that such 

 an adecpiate presentation of a vital principle has been made on this side of the 

 Atlantic." lionton Times. 



" Devoted to concise and remarkably clear expositions of evolution as a philosophy, 

 as relating to the physical world, to man, to society, to theology, to morals, and relig- 

 ious thought. The* book is prefaced by two extremely interesting biographical 

 chapters." CanihrUI'je (Mass.) Tribune. 



" The subjects are verv fully discussed, and the seeker for inf(jrmation can scarcely 

 find the case of the evolutionists better stated in a popular form. This combination 

 of thought and study in one inexpensive volume is timely and valuable." New 

 Jiedford Mercury. 



"The whole field of Evolution is presented in a popular manner, in a handsomely 



Erinted book, . . . one of the clearest and most comprehensive on the subject that 

 as yet appeared. It will prove most acceptable to the general reader." Cincinnati 

 Commercial Gazette. 



"The writers seem to have taken pains to make their subjects plain, and to have 

 had good success in doing so. We recommend this collection of essays to those who 

 wish for a simple but accurate exposition of the evolutionary philosophy." Science 

 (New York). 



"One of the best thoroughly popular works on the general subject that have yet 

 appeared." Public Opinion. 



"An admirable contribution of thought upon this problem, one of the most 

 complete yet made, and will be found of interest to everybody." Lawrence 

 Am,erican'. 



" The subjects are all broadly treated, and, taken together, these essavs comprise 

 a clear and concise presentation of the theory of evolution." /Jos^o/* BuiUjet. 



" Scholarly and instructive." New York Sun. 



"These essays present the doctrine of Evolution in almost every asi)ect, and a 

 glance at the list of authors will sufficiently indicate the admirable skill and thought 

 that have been brought to bear uj)on the subject in this edifying volume. The book 

 merits hearty connnendation." lioslon Satnnlaij Kvenimj (luzcttr. 



"They are, without exception, excellent in thought, si)irit and method of treat- 

 ment." Truth (l'ittsl)ur'jli). 



"It is most comprehensive, yet popular, in its mode of treating its subjects, and 

 furnishes in compact form the last words which have yet appeared on the subjects of 

 which it tn^ats." New Haven I'alladimn. 



"The value of the book cannot be overestimated, for it is representative of the 

 foremost thought on the foremost theory of the age." Buffalo Courier. 



" Every essay in the work recognizes evolution as a universal law. It is made to 

 account for all the i)henoiiiena of the universe, and to us it appears to account for 

 them remarkably well. We confess, with sometliing of chagrin, that we can discover 

 nothing atheistic, immoral or heterodox in their peculiar o])inions. We had buckled 

 on our armor, and set our controversial lance in rest, in prejtaration for a tilt with 

 this adventurous knight-errant, Evolution. Hut we decline to enter the lists; for is 

 not the mailed warrior whom we mistook for an enemy the miglitiest champion of 

 tnitli? . . . The book is handsomely itrinted, substantially bound, anil fully indexed." 

 Lowell Times. 



"The book is one that will find a welcome among advanced thinkers." I'ldladel- 

 jihia 'i'ime.'i. 



" A work of unusual interest a book to set thinkers to thinking." Wo;/ Times. 



"The volume is one which every man who wishes to keej) au couraid, with the 

 latest i)has<'s of thought, but has ni)t the leistirc to master elaborate; treatises, should 

 welcome. . . . The lectures are j)i)i)ular in the sense that they do not reijuire on the 

 l)an; of the reader any spei'ial scientifi(! ])rei)aration, but they are not iioi>ular in the 

 sense usually attached to the i)lir.ise, 'jxipular lectures,' that of a weak dilution of 

 thouglit and' knowledge to meet the caj)acity of weak intelligences. . . . Eac^h lecture 

 is followed by an alistract of the discussion which the lecture evolved, and the 

 dissentient reader may often have the satisfaction of finding his own criticisms 

 jiertinently stated." Il(w .fournal (Xew York). 



"The drift of the volume altogether is in the direction of intellectual expansion." 

 New York Tribune. 



" It is a systematic, concise, and comiirehensive presentation, and should be read 

 l)y all interested in the subject whether from a l)iological, sociological, or philosoph- 

 ical standpoint." /'ojndar Science News. 



