DARWINISM: 



Being a Systematic Exposition of the Theory of Natural 

 Selection, with Some of its Applications. 



By ALFRED RUSSEL WALLACE, LL.D., F.L.S. 

 pp. xiv., 494. $1.75- 



" In all the mass of books that has appeared since The Origin of Species, no one 

 volume is more valuable as a statement of theory, or more fascinating to the reader, 

 than that by Alfred Russel Wallace, on Dar-winism." — The Plain Dealer. 



"The book is written with all of Wallace's usual clearness and force. . . . It is 

 full of suggestion, and will repay careful reading better than any scientific work of 

 recent years," — The Chronicle. 



" The book is hardly less important than those of Darwin himself. . . . In popu- 

 lar as well as scientitic interest, this may justly be called a fascinating book. Its 

 highest significance is that it still allows to man a spiritual meaning," — Cincinnati 

 Commercial Gazette. 



" A most stimulating and delightful work. Certainly no scientific writer has set 

 forth the principal points of Darwinism with more brilliant and convincing clearness, 

 or has thrown more light, for the ordinary understanding, on phases of the question 

 which are obscure and difficult to grasp. It is only proper to call attention to the 

 style of the author, which is simple, bright, and vivid, a model for the scientific ex- 

 positor. Mr. Wallace has that most desirable of all gifts for the scientist, a powerful 

 and well-ordered imagination, which shows itself not only in its higher uses, but in 

 the charm which it lends to presentation." — Eclectic Magazine. 



*' Dr. Wallace's book is necessary to a thorough understanding of the present 

 status of conservative thought on the doctrine of evolution. To the student of sci- 

 ence, to the theologian, and to the cultivated laymanj it alike appeals. Those who 

 master it will owe the distinguished author a debt of gratitude." — The Beacon. 



" The number of writers on questions connected with Darwinism is so great, and 

 their views so varied in detail, that it would puzzle most people to tell exactly what 

 the Darwinism of Darwin really is. A book, therefore, which defines Darwin's theory 

 simply and definitely, restates the old and adds the new evidence that has been col- 

 lected to uphold it, indicates what has been contributed since Darwin's day to the 

 strengthening of his theory, carefully criticised in order to dispose of what has been 

 brought against it, so that within itself it contains all that is necessary to a complete 

 understanding of the evolutionary theory as it was held originally, and as it stands 

 to-day, is a book which is in the nature of a boon to a bewildered public. Such a 

 book is this one by Mr. Russel Wallace. This author is beyond question the best 

 man to undertake the task of elucidation and exposition. He was, be it remembered, 

 co-originator with Darwin of the theory of the origin of species. He has always been 

 in close agreement with Darwin's views, and worked with him for the establishment 

 of the theory as a friend, not as a rival. By intimate knowledge of Darwin's ideas, 

 and of the multitudinous facts in natural history that go to support them, Mr. Wal- 

 lace is pre-eminently fitted for the task he undertook. Moreover, he has the lit- 

 erary ability to make both easily intelligible and interesting. His unpretending style 

 is very attractive in its clearness and simplicity, and for orderliness and compactness 

 his arrangement of agreement and example could hardly be excelled. Finally, his 

 tone is admirable, calmly judicial, and without the least touch of polemical aggressive- 

 ness. . . . The book is, of course, a treasury of curious knowledge in all branches 

 of natural history, and, read on that account only, would prove abundantly interest- 

 ing; but in addition it is valuable to the reader, as an authoritative and skilfully pre- 

 pared r^jz^w^, and to scientific men, by reason of the fresh material and argument it 

 contains." — Bostoji Advocate. 



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