The modes of origin of lowest organisms / including a discussion of the experiments of M. Pasteur

Transcriber’s notes :
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A small number of errors have been corrected silently, including the following: Amæbæ —> Amœbæ continuea —> continued translalations —> translations Harvar —> Harvard ST. —> St. missing word ‘in’ inserted redundant comma deleted
The following misplaced section of text has been correctly positioned: disowned. But these are not its best features: its sustained power of reasoning, its wide sweep of observation and reflection, its elevated ethical and social tone, stamp it as a work of high excellence, and as such we cordially recommend it to our readers.”--Saturday Review.
Inconsistently labelled passages of text are as in the original, e.g. a b c d; a b c e; _ b c e;
A title has been added to the original featureless book cover.
In the Press, in Two Volumes, Crown 8vo., with numerous Illustrations ,
THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE.
THE SAME AUTHOR.
London and New York:
MACMILLAN AND CO.
LOWEST ORGANISMS.