CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 



EVOLUTION 



The antiquity of drinking habits — Inebriety a problem of 

 evolution — Proof of evolution — Evolution implied in 

 all creeds — Enough for the purposes of this work . 



CHAPTER n 



THE METHOD OF EVOLUTION 



The two rival doctrines — Characters, inborn and acquired 

 — Lamarck's theory — Darwin's theory — Illustrations 

 of the two theories— The complexity of Lamarck's 

 doctrine — The simplicity of Darwin's — Limits within 

 which Natural Selection works — Reasons for rejecting 

 Lamarck's doctrine — Acquired characters not trans- 

 missible — Proofs drawn from the body and mind of 

 man . 



