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Show Works of Charles Darwin. JOUH.NAL OF RESEARCHES into the Natural History and Ge~· ology of the Countries visited during the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle round the' World, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. x val., x2mo. 579 pages. Cloth. Price, $2.00. "Darwin was nearly five years on board the .f!eagle . . A keen observer, and a genuine philosopher, he has brought back to us a precwus fretght of facts and truths. The work has been for some time before the public, and has won a high place among readers of every class. It is not so scientific as to be above the comprehension of intelligent readers who are not scientific. Some facts and species, new even to the sci ·cntific, are brought to ligh_t. parwin's transp~rent, eloquent sty!~ richly illuminates hi~ observations. The wetghber matters to whtch he alludes are mterspersed among more familiar observations, such as would naturally be made by a traveler passing through new and wonderful scenes. It is an instructive and interesting book."J'{ ortl~western Christz(m Advocate. THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life. New and revised edition, with Additions. With copious Index. x vol., x2mo. Cloth. Price, $ 2.oo. "Personally and practical!¥. exercised in zooiogy, in minute anatomy, in geology, a student of geographical distnbution, not in maps and in museums, but by long voyages and laborious collection; having largely advanced each of these branches of science and having spent many years in gathering and sifting materials for his present work the store of accurately-registered facts upon which the author of the 'Origin of Species' is able to draw at will, is prodigious. "-Prof. T. H. Huxley. THE DESCENT OF MAN, and Selection in Relation to Sex. With Illustrations. New edition, revised and augmented. Complete in one volume. 688 page!. Price, $3.00. "This theory is now indorsed by many eminent scientists, who .at first combated it including Sir Charles Lyell, probably the most learned of geologists, and even by a' class of Christian divines like Dr. McCosh, who think that certain theories of cosmogony, like the nebular hypothesis and the law of evolution, may be accepted without doing violence to faith."-Eveni1zg Bulleti1z. THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND the Lower Animals. With Photographic ·and other Illustrations. x vol., thick x2mo. Cloth. Price, !li3· so. "Whatever one thinks of Mr. Darwin's theory, it must be admitted that his great powers of observation are as consi?icuous as ever in. this inquiry. During; a ~pace of more than thirty years, he has, with exemplary pa~Ie!lce, been accumulatmg I?formation from all available sources. The result of all th1s IS undoubtedly the collectiOn of a mass of mihute and trustworthy information which must possess the highest value, whatever may be the conclusions ultimately deduced from it."-Lo11do1z Times. INSECTIVOROUS PLANTS. With Illustrations. I vol., 12mo. Cloth. Price, $2.oo. "In conclusion, we lay this book down ~vith increas~d ad.miration f?r Mr. Darwin as 11 discoverer and expositor of'facts, and wtth great sattsf~ c tlo n at. the mcreuse to o~r knowledge of plant physiology given us, as well as the ample promtse of further additions as the direct consequence of th.e present p ~tblica~ion. "-Londo11 ;A tlte1~tett~n . "In this work Mr. Darwin's patient and pamstakmg methods of mvesttgatiOJ!- aJ?pear to the best po.ssible ~dvant:age. I~ is im~ossibl<: .to read it .without. enthusiastic admiration for the mgenmty which he dtsplays m devtsmg tests to determme the characteristics of the plants, the peculiarities. of whi~h he i~ studying, and, as. is always the case witlt him, he presents the con~sions arnved at m language so .Jucid that he who reads simply for information is sure to be attracted and charmed qmte as much a~ the professional student."-N. Y. Times. D. APPLETON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 549 & 551 Broadway, N.Y. INSECTIVOROUS PLANT·S. By CHARLES DARWIN, F.R.S., etc. WITH ILLUSTRATIONS. 1 vol., 12mo. Cloth ...... . Price, $2.00. . "Mr. Darw!n's book may be held up as a model of what a treatise should be that IS ad.dressed t<? mtelligel!-t readers, a majority of whom, it is to be presumed, have no spectal ac9uamtanc.e .with the ma.tt~r under consideration. In style it is strongly ~arked w1th D<:trwt~tan charactenstlcs. The opening passage, indeed, allowing for ~hfference of subJect, ,ts ci:a:wn up alm.ost precisely in the same way as that which ushers m Chapter I. of the Ongm of Spectes. We have laid before us the circumstances that led the author to pursue his researches in the first instance, so far back as x86o; then,. step by ste~, we are tr~ated to the history of those researches; fact is added to fact, mference to mf~rence_, till at le~gth tl!e body of evidence, direct and indirect, becomes s.o overwhe!mt.ng, that there 1s as ltttle chance of controverting Mr. Darwin's concluswns as there IS for a fly to escape when once it has been caught in the cruel embrace of a sun-dew. The modesty, the perfect candor, the scrupulous care to ackt~ owle~ge the labors of others, eyen in the most trifling particulars, are as apparent in th1s as m the rest of Mr. Darwm's books. These Darwinian characteristics, as we ve~ture to call them, are only equaled by the apparently inexhaustible patience with L~:~2o:;~~h~,;:~~J~.ed his observations and experiments throughout many years."- . "In this work M_r. D:~rwin's pa~ie nt and painstaking ~ethods of investigation aJ?pear. to ~he best po~sible ~dvant':lge. It. is impossible to read it without enthusiastic admi~a~wn for the mgenmty winch he dtsplays in devising tests to determine the charactens~ tcs o_f the plants, the peculiarities of which he is studying, and, as is always the case wt.th htm, h~ presen~ t~e conclusions arrived at in language so lucid that he who reads s!mply for mformatwn IS sure to be attracted and charmed quite as much as the professional student."-N. Y. Times. "As a f!~Odel of scientific inquiry, his work will scarcely find a parallel in any language. It !S utterly free from th~ diffuse verbiage whic~ corrupts the style of so many of the pro~ment German naturalists, and from the subtile refinements which so often t.hrow.an ~ur ofromanc~ aro•md the physical speculations of French writers. In Engltsh scl~f!tlfic hteratur7 It has no superior in acuteness of thought, candor of judgment, and feltc1ty of expression. . ."Mr. Darwin·s manner is equally remote from the vehemence at the polemic and the mdil'ferenct; of the <;old-?looded observer. His pages are warm with deep human interes ~, but §In mterest mspired by the love of truth and knowledge not by personal passion. Hts ~nxwus. endeavor fo: acc~rate observation is evinced in e~ery line of his writings, and, If he cltngs to theones wtth t~e earnestness of a di~coverer, he clings still more devot~ dly to. the facts of Nature wh!c.h he un.dert:akes to mterpret. The scope of his expenments Illustrates the. rare fer~1ht~ of hts mmd, as well as his wonderful patience. The tho~oughness ofthetr exe_cutiOJ!- 1s fully equal to the ingenuity of their conception. No deta1l app~ars to esc':lpe hts notice, no madvertence mars the harmony of his statement, no un~tse. haste dtstu_rbs the clearness and serenity of his judgment, and even if one could be. mdtffe~ent to his volume as a scientific production, it must still be admired as a masterpiece ofmtellectual workmanship."-N. •Y. Tribu11e, . D. APPLETON & CO., PUBLISHERS, 549 & 551 Broadway, N.Y. |
