THE 



THE NATURAL 

 HISTOFT' f^USPUM 



1 6 FEB 1998 



PURCHASED 

 GENERAL L^W^Y 



HISTORY OF CREATION: 



OB THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEE EARTH AND ITS 

 INHABITANTS BT THE ACTION OF NATURAL CAUSES. 



A POPULAK EXPOSITION OF 



THE DOCTRINE OF EVOLUTION IN GENERAL, AND OF THAT OF 



DARWIN, GOETHE, AND LAMARCK IN PARTICULAR. 



FEOM THE GERMAN OP 



EEN S T HAE CKEL, 



ii 



FEOEESSOB IN THE UNIVERSITY OF JENA. 



THE TRANSLATION REVISED BY 



PROFESSOR E. RAY LANKESTER, M.A., F.R.S,, 

 FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD. 



TAT mjjm Trr\TTTT\/n?a f^ 



IN TWO VOLUMES. 

 VOL. II. 





Henry S. King & Co., London. 



1876. 



