ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE 



By GEOBGE J. BOMANES, F.R.S., 



Zoological Secretary of the Linnsean Society, etc. 



12MO. CLOTH, $1.75. 



"My object in the work as a whole is twofold: First, t have thought it de- 

 airable that there should be Hometbing resembling a text-book of the facts of 

 Comparative Psychology, to which men of science, and also metaphysicians, may 

 turn whenever they have occasion 10 acquaint themselves with the particular 

 Jevel ot intelligence to which this or that species of animal attains. My second 

 and much more important object is thar, of considering the facts of animal intel- 

 ligence in their relation to the theory of descent.' 1 from the Preface. 



" Unless \ve are greatly mistaken, Mr. Romanes's work will take its place as 

 one of the most attractive volumes of the INTERNATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC SEEIES. 

 Some persons may. indeed, be disposed to say that it is too attractive, that it 



feeds tne popular taste for the curious and marvelous without supplying any 

 commensurate discipline in exact scientific reflection ; but the author has, we 

 think, fully justified himself in his modest preface. The result is the a- pearance 



of a collection cf facts which will be a real boon to the student of Comparative 

 Psychology, for this is the first attempt to present systematically well-assured 

 observations on the mental ILe of animals. " Saturday Review. 



"The author believes himself, not without ample cau*e, to have completely 

 bridged the suppled gap between instinct and reason by the authentic proofs 

 here mar haled of remarkable intelligence in some of the higher animals. It is 

 the seemingly com-.Iusive evidence of reasoning powers furnished by the adapta- 

 tion of means to ends in cases which can not be explained on the theory of inner- 

 itei aptitude or habit." New York Sun. 



"The high standing of the author as an original investigator is a sufficient 

 giiarantee that his task has been conscientiously carried out. His subject is one 

 of absorbing interest. He has collected and classified an enormous amount of 

 information concerning the mental attributes of the animal world. The result 

 is astonishing. We find marvelous intelligence exhibited not only by animals 

 \yhich are known to be clever, but by others seemingly without a glimmer of 

 light, like the snail, fur instance. Some animals display imagination, others 

 affection, and so on. The psychological portion of the discussion is deeply in- 

 teres?t;ng. v JVew; York Herald. 



" The chapter on monkeys closes this excellent work, and perhaps the most 

 instructive portion of it is that devoted to the life-history of a monkey." Ntw 

 York Time.f. 



" Mr. Romanes brings to hi* work a wide information and the best of scientific 

 methods. He has carefully culled and selected an immense mass of data, choos- 

 ing with admirable skill those, facts which are really significant, and rejecting 

 those which lacked sustaining evidence or relevancy. The contents of the volume 

 arw arranged with reference to the principles which they seem to him to estab- 

 lish. The volume is rich and suggestive, and a model in its way. 11 Boston ( ourier. 



" It presents the facts of animal intelligence in relation to the theory of de- 

 scent, supplementing Darwin and Spencer in tracing the principles which are 

 coiicerned in the genesis of mind. 11 Boston ( ommonwealtii. 



" One of the most interesting volumes of the series.' 1 New York Christian at 

 Work. 



" Few subjects have a greater fascination for the general reader than that 

 vrith which this book is occupied/ 1 Good Literature, New York. 



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