Modem Science Essayist -Catalogue Continued. 



The lecturers in this collection present the theory of evolution instructively and 

 attractively. Boston Globe. 



There is nothing weak or commonplace in these discussions. Charleston (S. C.) News. 



All these papers are full of thought, presented in clear language, and in an admir- 

 able spirit. lieligio- PJMosophical Journal. 



9. Evohition of Society. Primitive man; growth of the family, city 



and State; development of the domestic relations; marriage; ceremonial and 

 political institutions ; is society an organism ? 

 By James A. Skilton, author of "Evolution of the Mechanic Arts." 



10. Evolution of Theologij. Origin of religious beliefs; ideas of 

 primitive man ; animism, and ancestor-worship ; growth of nature-worship and 

 idolatry; polytheism monotheism and pantheism ; the doctrine of the Absolute. 



By Z. Sidney Sampson, author of "Primitive Man." 



11. Evolution of Morals. How altruism grows out of egoism; the 

 proper balance ; characteristics and relative value of ethical systems ; utilitarian- 

 ism, rational and empirical; influence of the evolutionary theory of morals on 

 ethical sanctions. 



By Du. Leavis G. Janes, author of "Evolution of the Earth," "The 

 Scope and Principles of the Evolution Philosophy," "A Study of Primitive Chris- 

 tianity," etc. 



12. Proofs of Evolution, a, from geology; b, from morphology; c, 

 from embryology ; d, from metamorphosis ; e, from rudimentary organs ; f , from 

 geographical distribution ; g, from discovered links ; h, from artificial breeding; 

 1, from reversion ; k, from mimicry. 



By Nelson C. Pakshall. 



1.3. Evolution as Related to Religious Thought. The doctrine of 



the unknowable; special creation as related to Darwinism; Spencer's reconcilia- 

 tion of religion and science ; the doctrine of design ; law and miracle. 

 By Kev. John W. Ciiadvvick, autlior of "Charles Kobert Darwin," 

 "The Faith of Reason," "The Bible of To-day," etc. 



14. The Philosophij of Evolution. Relation of the doctrine to pre- 

 vailing philosophical systems ; metaphysics and the scientific method ; material- 

 ism arid the evolution philosophy; realism and idealism; beneficent rer^ults of 

 the prevalence of materialism on human progress. 



By Stakh Hoyt Nichols, author of "Monte Rosa, or the Epic of an 

 Alp," etc. 



15. The Effects of Evolution on the Coming Civilization, i^ans 



for social regeneration as tested by evolution; Communism, Nationalism, and 

 Socialism ; probable influence of tlie evolution philosophy in the settlement of 

 social and economic problems. 

 By Rev. Minot J. Savage, author of "The Religion of Evolution," 

 "The Morals of Evolution," etc. 



16. The Scope and Principles of the Evolution Philosophy. 



Wallace on Darwinism ; evolution a universal method ; agnosticism what is it ? 

 the nature and limitations of knowledge; the relations of the evolution philoso- 

 phy to materialism and idealism; to the doctrines and methods of the Christian 

 church; its relations to sociology; its attitude toward the practical problems of 

 social life. 

 By Dk. Lewis G. Janes, author of "A Study of Primitive Christiani- 

 ty," " Evolutitm of the Earth," etc. 



17. The Moral and Religious Aspects of Herbert Spencer'' s Philos^ 



ophy. Spencer's Theory of Religion ; Spencer's Theory of Morality ; the Relation 

 of Religion to Morality from the Spencerian point of view. 

 By Sylvan Drey. 



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