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whole world for two or three years zuhat, at a great cost and labour ^ 

 Mr, Galton has done for a fart of Europe for one monthy MeteorO' 

 logy zvould soon cease to he made a joke ofj^ — Spectator. 



HEREDITARY GENIUS : An Inquiry into its Laws and Con- 

 sequences. Demy 8vo. I2s, 



1 propose^^ the author says ^ ^^ to shotv in this book that a marHs 

 natural abilities are derived by inheritance^ under exactly the same 

 limitations as are the form and physical features of the whole organic 

 world. I shall show that social agencies of an ordinary character y 

 %vhose influences are little suspected^ are at this moment working 

 towards ^ the degradation of human nature^ and that others are 

 working towards its improvement. The general plan of -my argu~ 

 ment is to shotv that high reputation is a pretty accurate test of high 

 ability ; next^ to discuss the relationships of a large body of fairly 

 eminent men^ and to obtain from these a general survey of the laws 

 of heredity in respect of genius. Then zmll follow a short chapter y 

 by way of compa7^ison, on the hereditary transfnission of physical 

 gifts, as deduced from the relationships ofcei'tain classes of oarsmen 

 and tvrestlers. Lastly^ 1 shall collate my restdts and draw conclu- 



' The Times calls it "a most able and most interesting 

 bookf and Mr. Darwin, in his ''Descent of Afan'^ (vol. \. p. Iilj, 

 saySy *' We know, through the admh'able labours of Mr. Galton^ 

 that Genius tends to be inherited.^^ 



sions. 



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tion with its Physical Geography. With 



Geolooiical Map. 



Geology 



in the University of Edinburgh. Crown 8vo. 10^. ^d. 



'' We can confidently recommend Mr. Geikie^s zvork to those who wish 

 to look below the surface and read the physical history of the Scenery 

 of Scotland by the light of modern science.'''' — Saturday Review. 

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Hooker (Dr.)— THE STUDENTS FLORA OF THE 

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