JOHN W. JUDD

C.B., LL.D., F.R.S.

Formerly Professor of Geology And Dean of the Royal College of Science

Cambridge:

at the University Press

1910

Cambridge:

PRINTED BY JOHN CLAY, M.A.

AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS

With the exception of the coat of arms at the foot, the design on the title page is a reproduction of one used by the earliest known Cambridge printer, John Siberch, 1521

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I.Introductory[1]
II.Origin of the Idea of Evolution[5]
III.The Development of the Idea of Evolution to the Inorganic World[14]
IV.The Triumph of Catastrophism over Evolution[20]
V.The Revolt of Scrope and Lyell against Catastrophism[33]
VI.The Principles of Geology[55]
VII.The Influence of Lyell's Works[68]
VIII.Early Attempts to establish the Doctrine of Evolution for the Organic World[82]
IX.Darwin and Wallace: The Theory of Natural Selection[95]
X.The Origin of Species[115]
XI.The Influence of Darwin's Works[136]
XII.The Place of Lyell and Darwin in History[149]
Notes[160]
Index[165]