Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; AUTHOR'S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.; EDITOR'S PREFACE TO THE NEW ENGLISH EDITION; CHAPTER I: NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OP THE DOCTRINE OP FILIATION, OR DESCENT THEORY.; CHAPTER II: SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE THEORY OF DESCENT. HISTORY OF CREATION ACCORDING TO LINNÆUS.; CHAPTER III: TRE HISTORY OF CREATION ACCORDING TO CUVIER AND AGASSIZ.; CHAPTER IV: THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO GOETHE AND OKEN.; CHAPTER V: THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO KANT AND LAMARCK
CHAPTER VI: THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO LYELL AND DARWIN. CHAPTER VII: THE THEORY OF SELECTION (DARWINISM).; CHAPTER VIII: TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE AND PROPAGATION.; CHAPTER IX: LAWS OF TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE.; CHAPTER X: ADAPTATION AND NUTRITION. LAWS OF ADAPTATION.; CHAPTER XI: NATURAL SELECTION BY THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE CELLULAR SELECTION AND PERSONAL SELECTION.; CHAPTER XII: DIVISION OF LABOUR AND DIVERGENCE OF FORMS. PROGRESS AND RETROGRADATION.; CHAPTER XIII: THE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANISMS. THE HISTORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANIMAL TRIBES
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CHAPTER XIV: MIGRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS. CHOROLOGY AND THE ICE PERIOD OF THE EARTH. CHAPTER XV: THEORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE AND OF THE EARTH. SPONTANEOUS GENERATION. THE CARBON THEORY. THE PLASTID THEORY