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Popular Evolution Essays and Lectures. 



One of the most systematic, concise and comprehensive presentations in i)opnlar 

 form of the foundation and theory of evolution. Excellent, . . . succint, . . . inter- 

 esting. Public Opinion. 



Papers that are neither dull nor commonplace. Boston Times. 



The subjects are very fully discussed, and the seeker for information can scarcely 

 find the case better stated. \\>('' lUdford Mercury. 



A collection of essays scholarly and instructive. Xexc York Sun. 



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1. Herbert Spencer. His life and personal characteristics; his views 



on education ; his religious opinions ; his earlier writings ; the relation of his 

 work to Darwinism and the evolution philosophy. 

 By Daniel Greexleaf Tiiomfsox, author of "A System of Psychol- 

 ogy," "The Problem of Evil," "The Scientific Method in Social Reform," etc. 



2. Charles Robert Darwhi. His ancestry, life, and personal charac- 



teristics ; the voyage of the Beagle ; discoverv of natural selection ; the two 

 factors of the Darwinian theory; Darwin and Wallace; Louis Agassiz and evolu- 

 tion ; influence of Darwin's studies on his religious opinions ; evolution before 

 Darwin ; views of Goethe and Lamarck. 

 By Joiix W. CiiAmvicK, author of "The Bible of To-day," "The 

 Faith of Reason," "Evolution as Related to Religious Thought," etc. 



3. Solar and Planetary Evolution. How suns and worlds come into 



being; the nebular hypothesis of Laplace and Faye; Creation or Evolution? 

 did tlie material unive'rse ever have a beginning ? 

 By Gakkett P. Sekviss, author of "Astronomy with an Opera Glass." 



4. Evolution of the Earth. The story of geolojry; how tlie world 



grew; the order of stratification; the action of fire and water; preimration of the 



earth for vegetable and animal life. 

 By Dit. IjEWIS (t. J.vxes, author of "A Study of Primitive Christiani- 

 ty," "The Scope and Principles of the Evolution Philosophy," "The Evolution of 

 Morals," etc. 



5. Evolution of Vegetal Life. How does life begin ? tlie problem of 



spontaneous generation; morphology the forms of leaves and tlowcrs; the 

 geographical distributinn of i)lai)ts; "methods of fertiliziition ; distinctions and 

 likenesses between i)lants and animals. 

 ByWii.LiAM I'oTTs, author of "The Socialistic Method in Social Reform." 



6. Evolution of Animal Life. Tlie evidences from geology, geograjih- 



ical distribiUion and C(>mi>aiative zoology; the i)roblem of special creation; the 

 laws of evolution; Darwinism as modified by Romanes; the mutability of 

 species; the ordei- of zoological evolution. 



By RossiTEK W. Rav.moni), Pii.I). 



7. llie Descent of Man. Relation of man to tlie brute creation; his 



ancestral line; duration of human life on the i)lan('t; growth of mind, reason, 

 and the moral sense; cousciousufss as a factor in human evolution. 

 By E. D. Coi'E, Ph.D., ;iutiior of "The Origin of the Fittest." 



8. Evolution of Mind. The mind and the nervous system; the nature 



of mind; corresj)ondence of life and mind ; the growth of consciousness; nature 

 and evolution of intelligence ; instinct, memory, reason, feelings, will. 

 By ROI5KKT G. Ec'CLEs, M.D., author of "Tlie Relativity of Knowl- 

 edge," etc. 



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