viii THE PROBLEM OF EVOLUTION 



Third Evening (February 17th). The Applica- 

 tion to Man of the Theory of Evolution 

 (with lantern slides). 



On the evening of February 18th, in the great 

 hall of the Zoological Gardens, there was a dis- 

 cussion on the subjects with which I had dealt in 

 my lectures. 



A fuller account of the circumstances which led 

 to this discussion will be found in the preliminary 

 remarks prefixed to the second part of this work. 



The syllabus of these lectures was signed by the 

 following gentlemen : Dr. Horn, President of the 

 German Entomological Society ; Professor Dr. 

 Kny, member of the Privy Council, and Professor 

 at the School of Agriculture; Professor Kolbe, 

 Curator of the Natural History Museum ; Dr. 

 Plate, Professor at the School of Agriculture ; Mr. 

 Rintelen (who is now dead), member of the Privy 

 Council, and President of the Board of Higher 

 Education (Oberlandeskulturgerichts) ; Dr. Wald- 

 eyer, member of the Medical Council and perma- 

 nent secretary to the Academy of Science. 



The cards of admission to the lectures were on 

 sale at Herder's Library in Berlin, at the price of 

 a shilling for each evening reserved seats, two 

 shillings. Students could obtain tickets for six- 

 pence on application to the porter of the School of 

 Agriculture and at the Reading Room of the Aca- 

 demy. It was falsely reported in some of the 



