THE LIBERTY OF CHOICE
Females ‘engaged’ in infancy, pp. [213], et seq.—The right of giving a girl in marriage, pp. [214], et seq.—Considerable liberty of selection allowed to women among the lower races, pp. [215]-221.—It was even greater in primitive times,
pp. [221], et seq.—Bride-stealing and elopement, p. [223].—The position of sons among uncivilized peoples, pp. [223]-225.—Paternal authority based on ancestor worship, in the ancient and Eastern World, pp. [225]-235.—The patria potestas of the Aryan races, pp. [229]-235.—The decline of the patria potestas, pp. [235]-239.
SEXUAL SELECTION AMONG ANIMALS
Mr. Darwin’s theory of ‘Sexual Selection,’ pp. [240], et seq.—Contradiction between the theories of natural and sexual selection, pp. [241], et seq.—The colours of flowers, pp. [242], et seq.—Mr. Wallace’s theory of the sexual colours of animals, p. [243].—The sexual colours make it easier for the sexes to find each other, pp. [243], et seq.—They occur exactly in those species whose habits and manner of living make these colours most visible, pp. [244], et seq.—The odours of flowers, p. [246].—Sexual odours and sounds among animals, pp. 246, et seq.—The sexual colours, odours, and sounds of animals complementary to each other in the way that is best suited to make the animals easily discoverable, pp. [247]-249.—The untenableness of Mr. Darwin’s theory, p. [249].—The secondary sexual characters due to natural selection, pp. [249], et seq.—Mr. Wallace’s views, p. [250].—Animal ‘ornaments,’ pp. [250], et seq.—Further arguments against Mr. Darwin’s theory, p. [251].—The variability of the secondary sexual characters, pp. [251]. et seq.—Their stability in wild species, p. [252].
THE SEXUAL SELECTION OF MAN: TYPICAL BEAUTY
Female selection among animals and the indifference of the males, p. [253].—Woman more particular in her choice than man, pp. [253], et seq.—Female appreciation of manly strength and courage, pp. [255], et seq.—Men attracted by healthy women, p. [256].—The connection between love and beauty not peculiar to the civilized mind, p. [257].—Different notions of personal beauty, pp. [257], et seq.—Mr. Spencer’s theory of ‘facial perfection,’ pp. 258, et seq.—Men find beauty in the full development of the visible characteristics belonging to the human organism in general, p. [259].—Of those peculiar to the sex, pp. [259], et seq.—Of those peculiar to the race, pp. [261]-264.—The connection between love and beauty due to natural selection, pp. [265], 273, et seq.—Individual deviations from the national type less considerable among savages than among civilized men, pp. [265], et seq.—Racial peculiarities in some way connected with the external circumstances in which the various races live, pp. [266]-271.—Acclimatization, pp. [268]-270.—Professor Weismann’s theory of heredity applied to the origin of the human races, pp. 271-273.—Physical beauty the outward manifestation of physical perfection, pp. [273], et seq.—Rejection of Mr. Darwin’s opinion on the connection between love and beauty, pp. [274], et seq.—Rejection of his theory as to the origin of the human races, pp. [275], et seq.—The hairlessness of man, pp. [276], et seq.—The influence of sexual selection on the physical aspect of mankind, p. [277].
THE LAW OF SIMILARITY