CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
HUXLEY'S ESSAYS
I ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAN-LIKE APES.
II ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS.
III ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN.
IV THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
V THE PAST CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
VI THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST
VII THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION.
VIII THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE AS AFFECTING THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS.
IX A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITION OF MR. DARWIN'S WORK,
X ON THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCES.
XI ON THE PERSISTENT TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
XII TIME AND LIFE.
XIII DARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
XIV THE DARWINIAN HYPOTHESIS.
XV A LOBSTER; OR, THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY.
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HUXLEY’S ESSAYS
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First Edition, February 1906
Reprinted July 1906
