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Title: Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3)
An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of
Post-Darwinian Questions

Author: George John Romanes

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Language: English

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[Illustration: Frontispiece-Charles Darwin]

DARWIN, AND AFTER DARWIN

_AN EXPOSITION OF THE DARWINIAN THEORY
AND A DISCUSSION OF
POST-DARWINIAN QUESTIONS_

BY

GEORGE JOHN ROMANES, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
_Honorary Fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge_

I
THE DARWINIAN THEORY

FOURTH EDITION

Chicago
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
1910

The Illustrations of this book (with the exception of the Frontispiece
and the colored plate facing page 332) are copyrighted under the title
"Darwinism Illustrated."

THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.

PRESS OF THE
BLAKELY-OSWALD PRINTING CO.
CHICAGO

[Illustration: Letter to Mr. Hegeler

Transcription:

Ch. Ch. Oxford:
March 15th 1892.

My dear Sir,

As we have now agreed that
the Open Court Publishing Company is to
undertake the American edition of my
work entitled "Darwin and after
Darwin," I have much pleasure
in transferring to you the copyright
thereof, with all that this
includes.

Thanking you very much for
the kindness and liberality which
have marked your conduct of these
negotiations,

I remain,

Yours very faithfully,

George J. Romanes

To
Edward C. Hegeler Esq.
La Salle, Ill. U. S.]

PREFACE

Several years ago Lord Rosebery founded, in the University of Edinburgh,
a lectureship on "The Philosophy of Natural History," and I was invited
by the Senatus to deliver the lectures. This invitation I accepted, and
subsequently constituted the material of my lect