EVOLUTION
ITS NATURE, ITS EVIDENCES, AND ITS
RELATION TO RELIGIOUS THOUGHT
BY
JOSEPH LE CONTE
AUTHOR OF “RELIGION AND SCIENCE,” ETC.
AND PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY IN THE
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
SECOND EDITION, REVISED
NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
72 FIFTH AVENUE.
1897.
Copyright, 1888, 1891,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
The three years which have elapsed since the publication of the first edition of this work have been years of great activity of thought on many of the subjects treated therein. Some changes and additions seemed therefore imperatively called for.