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son, 1902; Mendel's Versuche fiber Pflanzcnhybriden, two papers md 



1869), edited by Tschermak, 1901; .1///;. Rept. SmUkson. lust., [901 [902; 

 Pop. Sci. Mo., vol. 62, 1903; vol. 63, 1904; Science, vol. 23, 1903. Galto 

 Pop. Sci. Mo., vol. 29, 1886; Nature, vol. 70, 1907; Memories of my Life, 

 1908; Galton's Natural Inheritance, 1889. Weismann: Brief Autobiography, 

 with portrait, in The Lamp, vol. 26, 1903; Solomonsen, Bericht uln-r die 

 Feier des 70 Geburtstages von August Weismann, igou; Weismann'- The 

 Germ-Plasm, 1893, and The Evolution Theory, 1904. 



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History of Geology and Paleontology, Zittel, 1901. The Founders of 

 Geology, Geikie, 2d edition, 1905. History and Methods of Paleonto- 

 logical Discovery, Marsh, Proceed. Am. Adv. Sci., 1879. Same arti< le in 

 Pop. Sci. Mo., vol. 16, 1879-1880. The Rise and Progress of Paleontology, 

 Huxley, Pop. Sci. Mo., vol. 20, 1882. Lyell: Charles Lyell and Modern 

 Geology, Bonney, 1895; Sketch in Pop. St i. Mo., vol. I, 1872, also voL 

 20, 1881-1882. Owen: Life of, by his grandson, 2 vols., [894; See also 

 above under Chapter VII. Agassiz: Life and Correspondence, by his 

 wife, 2 vols., 1885; Life, letters and works, Marcou, 2 vols., 1806; What 

 we Owe to Agassiz, Wilder, Pop. Sci. Mo., July, 1907; Agassiz at Penike 

 Am. Nat., 1898. Cope: A Great Naturalist, Osborn in The ( 'entury, 1897; 

 See above, under Chapter VII, for further references. Marsh : Pop. St i. M 

 vol. 13, 1878; Sketchesof, Nature, vol. 59, 1898-99; Science, vol. 9, 1899; 

 Am. J. Sci., vol. 157, 1899. Zittel: Biographical Sketch with portrait, 

 rfchuchert, Ann. Rept. Smithson. Inst., 1903-1904. Osborn, Paper.-, on 

 Paleontological Discovery in Science from 1899 onward; The Age of Mam- 

 mals, 1910. The Fayum Expedition of the Am. Museum of Nat. History, 

 Science, March 29, 1907. 



Note. Since the four succeeding chapters deal with the Evolution 

 Theory, it maybe worth while to make a few general comments on the liter- 

 ature pertaining to Organic Evolution. The number of books and articles 

 is very extensive, and I have undertaken to sift from the great number a 

 limited list of the more meritorious. Owing to the prevalent vaguem 

 regarding evolution theories, one is Likely to read only about Darwin and 

 Darwinism. This should be avoided by reading as a minimum some good 

 reference on Lamarck, Weismann, and De Vries, as well as on Darwin. 

 It is well enough to begin with Darwin's Theory, but it is not best to take 

 his Origin of Species as the first book. To do this is to place oneself fifty 

 years in the past. The evidences of Organic Evolution have great!) multi- 

 plied since 1850, and a better conception of Darwin's Theor) can be ob- 

 tained by reading first Romanes's Darwin and After Darwin, vol I Th 

 be followed by Wallace's Darwinism, and, thereafter, the Origin of S 



