The Riddle of the Universe at the close of the nineteenth century

Transcriber's Note:
Every effort has been made to replicate this text as faithfully as possible, including inconsistencies in hyphenation. It seems that the italic typeface used in this book did not have an ae ligature. Names of genera and higher taxonomic groups are not capitalized in the printed book: they have bee left unchanged. Some changes have been made. They are listed at the end of the text.
ERNST HAECKEL

THE RIDDLE OF THE UNIVERSE AT THE CLOSE OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
ERNST HAECKEL (Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., and Professor at the University of Jena)
AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF CREATION” “THE EVOLUTION OF MAN” ETC.
TRANSLATED BY
JOSEPH McCABE
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON 1905

Copyright, 1900, by Harper & Brothers.