CONTENTS 



CHAPTER I 

 EUGENICS: ITS NATURE, IMPORTANCE AND AIMS 



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1. What Eugenics is 1 



2. The Need of Eugenics 2 



3. The General Procedure in Applied Eugenics 4 



CHAPTER II 

 THE METHOD OF EUGENICS 



1. Unit Characters and Their Combinations 6 



2. The Mechanism of the Inheritance of Characteristics . . 10 



3. The Laws of Heredity 16 



4. Inheritance of Multiple Characters .... .... 20 



5. Heredity of Sex and of "Sex-limited" Characters .... 21 



6. The Application of the Laws of Heredity to Eugenics , . 23 



CHAPTER III 

 THE INHERITANCE OF FAMILY TRAITS 



1. Eye Color 27 



2. Hair Color 32 



3. Hair Form 34 



4. Skin Color 36 



5. Stature 38 



6. Total Body Weight 43 



7. Musical Ability 48 



8. Ability in Artistic Composition 51 



9. Ability in Literary Composition 54 



10. Mechanical Skill 55 



11. Calculating Ability 59 



12. Memory 59 



13. Combined Talents and Summary of Special Abilities ... 60 



14. Temperament 61 



15. Handwriting 63 



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