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The Contemporary Science Series.
Edited by Havelock Ellis.
I. THE EVOLUTION OF SEX. By Prof. Patrick Geddes and J. A. Thomson. With 90 Illustrations. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.
“The authors have brought to the task—as indeed their names guarantee—a wealth of knowledge, a lucid and attractive method of treatment and a rich vein of picturesque language.”—Nature.
II. ELECTRICITY IN MODERN LIFE. By G. W. de Tunzelmann. With 88 Illustrations. 3s. 6d.
“A clearly-written and connected sketch of what is known about electricity and magnetism, the more prominent modern applications, and the principles on which they are based.”—Saturday Review.
III. THE ORIGIN OF THE ARYANS. By Dr. Isaac Taylor. Illustrated. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.
“Canon Taylor is probably the most encyclopædic all-round scholar now living. His new volume on the Origin of the Aryans is a first-rate example of the excellent account to which he can turn his exceptionally wide and varied information.... Masterly and exhaustive.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
IV. PHYSIOGNOMY AND EXPRESSION. By P. Mantegazza. Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“Brings this highly interesting subject even with the latest researches.... Professor Mantegazza is a writer full of life and spirit, and the natural attractiveness of his subject is not destroyed by his scientific handling of it.”—Literary World (Boston).
V. EVOLUTION AND DISEASE. By J. B. Sutton, F.R.C.S. With 135 Illustrations. 3s. 6d.
“The book is as interesting as a novel, without sacrifice of accuracy or system, and is calculated to give an appreciation of the fundamentals of pathology to the lay reader, while forming a useful collection of illustrations of disease for medical reference.”—Journal of Mental Science.
VI. THE VILLAGE COMMUNITY. By G. L. Gomme. Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“His book will probably remain for some time the best work of reference for facts bearing on those traces of the village community which have not been effaced by conquest, encroachment, and the heavy hand of Roman law.”—Scottish Leader.
VII. THE CRIMINAL. By Havelock Ellis. Illustrated. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.
“The sociologist, the philosopher, the philanthropist, the novelist—all, indeed, for whom the study of human nature has any attraction—will find Mr. Ellis full of interest and suggestiveness.”—Academy.
VIII. SANITY AND INSANITY. By Dr. Charles Mercier. Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“Taken as a whole, it is the brightest book on the physical side of mental science published in our time.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
IX. HYPNOTISM. By Dr. Albert Moll. Fourth Edition. 3s. 6d.
“Marks a step of some importance in the study of some difficult physiological and psychological problems which have not yet received much attention in the scientific world of England.”—Nature.
X. MANUAL TRAINING. By Dr. C. M. Woodward, Director of the Manual Training School, St. Louis. Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“There is no greater authority on the subject, than Professor Woodward.”—Manchester Guardian.
XI. THE SCIENCE OF FAIRY TALES. By E. Sidney Hartland. 3s. 6d.
“Mr. Hartland’s book will win the sympathy of all earnest students, both by the knowledge it displays, and by a thorough love and appreciation of his subject, which is evident throughout.”—Spectator.
XII. PRIMITIVE FOLK. By Elie Reclus. 3s. 6d.
“An attractive and useful introduction to the study of some aspects of ethnography.”—Nature.
XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF MARRIAGE. By Professor Letourneau. 3s. 6d.
“Among the distinguished French students of sociology, Professor Letourneau has long stood in the first rank. He approaches the great study of man free from bias and shy of generalisations. To collect, scrutinise, and appraise facts is his chief business. In the volume before us he shows these qualities in an admirable degree.”—Science.
XIV. BACTERIA AND THEIR PRODUCTS. By Dr. G. Sims Woodhead. Illustrated. Second Edition. 3s. 6d.
“An excellent summary of the present state of knowledge of the subject.”—Lancet.
XV. EDUCATION AND HEREDITY. By J. M. Guyau. 3s. 6d.
“It is at once a treatise on sociology, ethics, and pæedagogics. It is doubtful whether among all the ardent evolutionists who have had their say on the moral and the educational question any one has carried forward the new doctrine so boldly to its extreme logical consequence.”—Professor Sully in Mind.
XVI. THE MAN OF GENIUS. By Prof. Lombroso. Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“By far the most comprehensive and fascinating collection of facts and generalisations concerning genius which has yet been brought together.”—Journal of Mental Science.
XVII. PROPERTY: ITS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT. By Ch. Letourneau, General Secretary to the Anthropological Society, Paris, and Professor in the School of Anthropology, Paris. 3s. 6d.
“M. Letourneau has read a great deal, and he seems to us to have selected and interpreted his facts with considerable judgment and learning.”—Westminster Review.
XVIII. VOLCANOES, PAST AND PRESENT. By Prof. Edward Hull, LL.D., F.R.S. 3s. 6d.
“A very readable account of the phenomena of volcanoes and earthquakes.”—Nature.
XIX. PUBLIC HEALTH. By Dr. J. F. J. Sykes. With numerous Illustrations. 3s. 6d.
“Not by any means a mere compilation or a dry record of details and statistics, but it takes up essential points in evolution, environment, prophylaxis, and sanitation bearing upon the preservation of public health.”—Lancet.
XX. MODERN METEOROLOGY. An Account of the Growth and Present Condition of some Branches of Meteorological Science. By Frank Waldo, Ph.D., Member of the German and Austrian Meteorological Societies, etc.; late Junior Professor, Signal Service, U.S.A. With 112 Illustrations. 3s. 6d.
“The present volume is the best on the subject for general use that we have seen.”—Daily Telegraph (London).
XXI. THE GERM-PLASM: A THEORY OF HEREDITY. By August Weismann, Professor in the University of Freiburg-in-Breisgau. With 24 Illustrations. 6s.
“There has been no work published since Darwin’s own books which has so thoroughly handled the matter treated by him, or has done so much to place in order and clearness the immense complexity of the factors of heredity, or, lastly, has brought to light so many new facts and considerations bearing on the subject.”—British Medical Journal.
XXII. INDUSTRIES OF ANIMALS. By F. Houssay. With numerous Illustrations. 3s. 6d.
“His accuracy is undoubted, yet his facts out-marvel all romance. These facts are here made use of as materials wherewith to form the mighty fabric of evolution.”—Manchester Guardian.
XXIII. MAN AND WOMAN. By Havelock Ellis. Illustrated. Second Edition. 6s.
“Mr. Havelock Ellis belongs, in some measure, to the continental school of anthropologists; but while equally methodical in the collection of facts, he is far more cautious in the invention of theories, and he has the further distinction of being not only able to think, but able to write. His book is a sane and impartial consideration, from a psychological and anthropological point of view, of a subject which is certainly of primary interest.”—Athenæum.
XXIV. THE EVOLUTION OF MODERN CAPITALISM. By John A. Hobson, M.A. 3s. 6d.
“Every page affords evidence of wide and minute study, a weighing of facts as conscientious as it is acute, a keen sense of the importance of certain points as to which economists of all schools have hitherto been confused and careless, and an impartiality generally so great as to give no indication of his [Mr. Hobson’s] personal sympathies.”—Pall Mall Gazette.
XXV. APPARITIONS AND THOUGHT-TRANSFERENCE. By Frank Podmore, M.A. 3s. 6d.
“A very sober and interesting little book.... That thought-transference is a real thing, though not perhaps a very common thing, he certainly shows.”—Spectator.
XXVI. AN INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. By Professor C. Lloyd Morgan. With Diagrams. 6s.
“A strong and complete exposition of Psychology, as it takes shape in a mind previously informed with biological science.... Well written, extremely entertaining, and intrinsically valuable.”—Saturday Review.
XXVII. THE ORIGINS OF INVENTION: A Study of Industry among Primitive Peoples. By Otis T. Mason, Curator of the Department of Ethnology in the United States National Museum. 3s. 6d.
“A valuable history of the development of the inventive faculty.”—Nature.
XXVIII. THE GROWTH OF THE BRAIN: A Study of the Nervous System in Relation to Education. By Henry Herbert Donaldson, Professor of Neurology in the University of Chicago. 3s. 6d.
“We can say with confidence that Professor Donaldson has executed his work with much care, judgment, and discrimination.”—The Lancet.
XXIX. EVOLUTION IN ART: As Illustrated by the Life-Histories of Designs. By Professor Alfred C. Haddon. With 130 Illustrations. 6s.
“It is impossible to speak too highly of this most unassuming and invaluable book.”—Journal Anthropological Institute.
XXX. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF THE EMOTIONS. By Th. Ribot, Professor at the College of France, Editor of the Revue Philosophique. 6s.
“Charmingly written, and full of lucid explanation and brilliant comparison. A masterly exposition.”—British Medical Journal.
XXXI. HALLUCINATIONS AND ILLUSIONS: A Study of the Fallacies of Perception. By Edmund Parish. 6s.
“The most comprehensive and most scientific work on false perception that has up till now been written in any language.”—Journal of Mental Science.
XXXII. THE NEW PSYCHOLOGY By E. W. Scripture, Ph.D. (Leipzig). With 124 Illustrations. 6s.
“We have at present no work in English which gives in so compact a form so comprehensive a view of the subject.”—Liverpool Post.
XXXIII. SLEEP: Its Physiology, Pathology, Hygiene, and Psychology. By Marie de Manacéïne (St. Petersburg). Illustrated. 3s. 6d.
“The book is a complete and wonderfully interesting exposition, and as such ought to receive a hearty welcome.”—Scotsman.
XXXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF DIGESTION. By A. Lockhart Gillespie, M.D., F.R.C.P. Ed., F.R.S. Ed. With a large number of Illustrations and Diagrams. 6s.
XXXV. DEGENERACY: Its Causes, Signs, and Results. By Professor Eugene S. Talbot, M.D., Chicago. With Illustrations. 6s.
THE CONTEMPORARY SCIENCE SERIES
Edited by HAVELOCK ELLIS
DEGENERACY
DWARFISM AND GIANTISM.
Degeneracy
ITS CAUSES, SIGNS, AND RESULTS
BY
EUGENE S. TALBOT, M.D., D.D.S.,
FELLOW OF THE CHICAGO ACADEMY OF MEDICINE; MEMBER OF THE CHICAGO
ACADEMY OF SCIENCES; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE BERLIN
ODONTOLOGISCHEN GESELLSCHAFT, AND THE ASSOCIATION
GÉNÉRALE DES DENTISTES DE FRANCE; PROFESSOR OF
DENTAL AND ORAL SURGERY, WOMAN’S MEDICAL
SCHOOL, NORTH-WESTERN UNIVERSITY, U.S.A.
WITH 120 ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON
WALTER SCOTT, LTD., PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1898