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A first book in organic evolution

Chapter 40: Important Biological Publications
By D. Kerfoot Shute
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An accessible introduction to evolutionary theory and allied biological disciplines aimed at students and general readers. It begins with cellular structure and activities, describing mitosis, gamete maturation, fertilization, segmentation, and gastrulation as foundations of development. It then treats heredity with variation, discussing nuclear inheritance, germ-cell continuity, pangenesis theories, acquired characters, and environmental influences. A geological survey and the fossil record are used to outline transmutations and successive life‑forms. The work explains natural and artificial selection, mechanisms of adaptation such as protective and warning coloration, mimicry, sexual selection, and isolation. It examines human development and brain evolution, considers social implications, and closes with classification, references, and a glossary.

Important Biological Publications

THE PRIMARY FACTORS OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION. By Prof. E. D. Cope. Cuts, 121. Pp., xvi, 547. Cloth, $2.00 (10s.).

DARWIN AND AFTER DARWIN. An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions. By George John Romanes, LL. D., F. R. S., etc.

(For the American market only.)

1. The Darwinian Theory. With portrait of Darwin. Pp., 460. 125 cuts. Second edition. Cloth, $2.00.

2. Post-Darwinian Questions. Heredity and Utility. With portrait of Romanes. Pp., 338. Cloth, $1.50.

3. Post-Darwinian Questions. Isolation and Physiological Selection. With portrait of Mr. J. T. Gulick. Pp., 181. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00.

(The three volumes supplied to one order for $4.00.)

AN EXAMINATION OF WEISMANNISM. By George John Romanes. Pp., ix, 221. Cloth, $1.00. Paper, 35c.

THE PSYCHIC LIFE OF MICRO-ORGANISMS. By Dr. Alfred Binet. Authorised translation. Pp., xii, 120. Cloth, 75c. (3s. 6d.). Paper, 25c. (1s. 6d.).

ON GERMINAL SELECTION. By August Weismann. Pp., xii, 61. Paper, 25c. (1s. 6d.).

ON MEMORY, AND THE SPECIFIC ENERGIES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. By Ewald Hering. 50 pp. Paper, 15c.

A MECHANICO-PHYSIOLOGICAL THEORY OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION. Summary. By Carl von Nägeli. Only original account of Nägeli’s theories in English. Pp., 52. Paper, 15c. (9d.).

ON ORTHOGENESIS. By Th. Eimer. Pp., 56. Paper, 25c. (1s. 6d.).

THE PRINCIPLES OF BACTERIOLOGY. By Dr. Ferdinand Hueppe, Professor of Hygiene in the University of Prague. 28 Woodcuts. Pp., 465+. $1.75 (7s. 6d.).

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