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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST 
  

  

  one 
  of 
  the 
  remarkable 
  features 
  to 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Boulenger 
  has 
  

   drawn 
  attention. 
  The 
  invertebrates, 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  expected, 
  are 
  

   very 
  largely 
  represented, 
  but 
  our 
  space 
  forbids 
  an 
  adequate 
  

   reference 
  ; 
  while 
  botanists 
  will 
  find 
  an 
  authoritative 
  enumeration 
  

   of 
  the 
  flora. 
  

  

  This 
  volume 
  should 
  find 
  a 
  place 
  on 
  all 
  biological 
  shelves 
  ; 
  to 
  

   the 
  zoo-geographer 
  its 
  importance 
  requires 
  no 
  insistence, 
  and 
  

   the 
  many 
  specialists 
  who 
  have 
  contributed 
  to 
  the 
  compilation 
  

   compel 
  its 
  consultation 
  by 
  most 
  zoologists. 
  It 
  is 
  well 
  illustrated 
  

   by 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  coloured 
  plates, 
  and 
  constitutes 
  one 
  of 
  those 
  books 
  

   much 
  endeared 
  to 
  naturalists 
  — 
  a 
  work 
  of 
  reference 
  to 
  a 
  small 
  but 
  

   very 
  complex 
  fauna, 
  which, 
  particularly 
  as 
  regards 
  the 
  inverte- 
  

   brates, 
  is 
  the 
  better 
  worked 
  as 
  the 
  knowledge 
  of 
  the 
  specialist 
  is 
  

   familiar 
  with 
  the 
  fauna 
  of 
  a 
  far 
  wider 
  area. 
  

  

  Controverses 
  Transformistes. 
  Par 
  Alfred 
  Giard. 
  Paris 
  : 
  C. 
  Naud. 
  

  

  Under 
  the 
  above 
  title, 
  Prof. 
  Giard 
  has 
  republished 
  some 
  

   communications 
  he 
  has 
  contributed 
  on 
  evolutionary 
  subjects, 
  

   which 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  different 
  scientific 
  publications. 
  The 
  

   first, 
  and 
  one 
  which 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  general 
  interest, 
  is 
  entitled 
  

   " 
  Histoire 
  du 
  Transformisme 
  — 
  Buffon, 
  Lamarck, 
  Darwin," 
  and 
  

   is 
  not 
  only 
  of 
  historical 
  importance, 
  but 
  reaffirms, 
  what 
  is 
  so 
  

   often 
  forgotten, 
  that 
  the 
  doctrine 
  of 
  evolution 
  is 
  not 
  modern 
  in 
  

   conception, 
  but 
  only 
  in 
  application 
  ; 
  that 
  not 
  only 
  has 
  the 
  

   teachings 
  of 
  evolutionary 
  biology 
  permeated 
  and 
  profoundly 
  

   affected 
  all 
  other 
  realms 
  of 
  human 
  thought, 
  but 
  that 
  the 
  sug- 
  

   gestions 
  of 
  past 
  thinkers 
  have 
  largely 
  assisted 
  the 
  formation 
  of 
  

   modern 
  evolutionary 
  conceptions. 
  The 
  knowledge 
  of 
  evolution 
  

   is, 
  and 
  always 
  will 
  be, 
  the 
  gradual 
  unfolding 
  of 
  the 
  cosmic 
  pro- 
  

   cess 
  ; 
  the 
  problem 
  crops 
  up 
  in 
  the 
  weird 
  questions 
  and 
  theories 
  of 
  

   ancient 
  primitive 
  races 
  ; 
  its 
  solution 
  depends 
  more 
  upon 
  scientific 
  

   method 
  than 
  chance 
  discovery, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  synchronous 
  with 
  

   the 
  mental 
  evolution 
  of 
  man. 
  When 
  the 
  process 
  of 
  evolution 
  is 
  

   thoroughly 
  understood, 
  the 
  search 
  for 
  truth 
  will 
  be 
  ended, 
  and 
  

   the 
  obstinate 
  questionings 
  of 
  man 
  for 
  ever 
  disposed 
  of. 
  

  

  Prof. 
  Giard 
  has 
  well 
  traced 
  indications 
  of 
  the 
  conception 
  in 
  

   the 
  minds 
  of 
  many 
  great 
  French 
  thinkers. 
  Both 
  Bossuet 
  and 
  

   Montesquieu 
  affirm 
  e*d 
  that 
  the 
  mental 
  condition 
  of 
  man 
  and 
  the 
  

  

  