1062 General Notes. 
statement which is not only too dogmatic, but, if wet 
the author’s meaning, is opposed to many facts; 
markable cases of reasoning power in orders and 
gence in groups where they are, so to speak, nor 
And it is these sudden or, so to speak, capricious 1 
the occurrence of sports or new varieties of plants an 
which may or may not be perfected and transmitted, 
the convenient expression “saltatory evolution” 
suggest the occasional sudden origin of mental 
principle of sudden, saltatory evolution be grante 
accounting for the rise and transmission of mental t 
if not. much more simplified, at least more readily api 
accepted. It will be more in accordance with ma 
“ uniform in its upward development? 
his countrymen, is a devout and blind fol ver of ti 
win, and, like most disciples, carries out his speciai! 
ural selection with more of dogmatism and unwa 
his master. 
Barring then the particular working theory 
AY is grounded, we find little to criticise and m 
As others before him, Mr. Romanes deci 
a mind when it makes an intentio 
choice is a conscious one, as opposed to relex s 
voting a chapter tothe structure and functions t 
author next turns to the physical basis of m : 
a necessarily inconclusive way, from the a 
selection, i. z., uniformitarianism exclusively, th! 
the mass of the brain and degree of intelligence 
e root principles of mind are seen 1n. a 
nating between different kinds of stimuli, | 
tive degrees of mechanical intensity, 
performing adaptive movements suited t 
