CONTENTS. Vll 



Part II. ORGANIC NATURE. 



Page 



Organisms of different epochs intimately connected 274 



Continual advance of organization ~70 



Modification of organized beings according to external conditions 



of life 278 



Extinction and production of species 279 



Darwin on the origin of species 280 



Transformations of Tertiary species of plants and animals either at 

 the end of the Pliocene epoch or at the beginning of the Drift 



period 283 



Stability of instincts of animals 285 



Progress of organization 287 



Remoulding of species 289 



Geological spring-time 291 



Divine wisdom . 293 



APPENDIX I. 



ADDED BY THE EDITOR. 



Traces of Man in the Interglacial deposit near Wetzikon, in the 

 Canton of Zurich, Switzerland. By Prof, L. HUTIMEYER, of 

 Basle 295 



Lignite pointed rods 297 



Woodcuts of pointed rods, with traces of some sort of band marked 



on one rod 298 



These rough basketwork remains belong to an interglacial coal-bed, 

 and may for the present be regarded as the oldest trace of 

 Man in Switzerland 301 



APPENDIX II. 



ADDED BY THE EDITOR. 



Continental and British measures and weights, degrees of tempera- 

 ture, and international postage-stamps 303 



LVDKX . . 307 



