READING LIST 
The books and articles relating to the history of biology arc numerous. 
Those designated below embrace some of the more readily accessible ones. 
While some attention has been given to selecting the best sources, no 
attempt has been made to give a comprehensive list. 
I. GENERAL REFERENCES 
Cuvier. Histoire des Sciences Naturelles. 5 vols., 1841-1845. Ex- 
cellent. Written from examination of the original documents. 
Carus. Geschichte der Zoologie, 1872. Also Histoire de la Zoologie, 
1880. A work of scholarship. Contains excellent account of the 
Physiologus. 
Sacus. History of Botany, 1890. Excellent. Articles in the Botanical 
Gazette for 1895 supplement his account by giving the more recent 
development of botany. 
Wuire. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christen- 
dom, ? vols., 1900. Good account of Vesalius and the overthrow of 
authority in science. 
WHEWELL. History of the Inductive Sciences, vol. II, 1863. Lacks 
insight into the nature of biology and the steps in its progress. Men- 
tioned because so generally known. 
WituiAms. A History of Science, § vols., 1904. Finely illustrated. Con- 
tains many defects in the biological part as to the relative rank of the 
founders: Vesalius diminished, Paracelsus magnified, etc. Also, the 
Story of Nineteenth Century Science, 1900. Collected articles from 
Far per’s Magazine. Good portraits. Uncritical on biological matters. 
Tuomson. The Science of Life, 1899. An excellent brief history of 
biology. 
Foster. Lectures on the History of Physiology, 1901. Fascinatingly 
written. Notable for poise and correct estimates, based on the use of 
the original documents. 
Gepprs. A Synthetic Outline of the History of Biology. Proc. Roy. Soc. 
Edinb., 1885-1886. Good. 
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