| CHAPTER VI. | |
| Scheme of the Remainder of the Work—Historical Sketchof the Theory of Evolution | [60] |
| CHAPTER VII. | |
| Pre-Buffonian Evolution, and some German Writers | [68] |
| CHAPTER VIII. | |
| Buffon—Memoir | [74] |
| CHAPTER IX. | |
| Buffon's Method—The Ironical Character of his Work | [78] |
| CHAPTER X. | |
| Supposed Fluctuations of Opinion—Causes or Means ofthe Transformation of Species | [97] |
| CHAPTER XI. | |
| Buffon—Puller Quotations | [107] |
| CHAPTER XII. | |
| Sketch of Dr. Erasmus Darwin's Life | [173] |
| CHAPTER XIII. | |
| Philosophy of Dr. Erasmus Darwin | [195] |
| CHAPTER XIV. | |
| Fuller Quotations from the 'Zoonomia' | [214] |
| CHAPTER XV. | |
| Memoir of Lamarck | [235] |
| CHAPTER XVI. | |
| General Misconception concerning Lamarck—His PhilosophicalPosition | [244] |
| CHAPTER XVII. | |
| Summary of the 'Philosophie Zoologique' | [261] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | |
| Mr. Patrick Matthew, MM. Étienne and Isidore GeoffroySt. Hilaire, and Mr. Herbert Spencer | [315] |
| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| Main Points of Agreement and of Difference between theOld and New Theories of Evolution | [335] |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| Natural Selection considered as a Means of Modification—TheConfusion which this Expression occasions | [345] |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| Mr. Darwin's Defence of the Expression, Natural Selection—ProfessorMivart and Natural Selection | [362] |
| CHAPTER XXII. | |
| The Case of the Madeira Beetles as illustrating theDifference between the Evolution of Lamarck andof Mr. Charles Darwin—Conclusion | [373] |
| APPENDIX | [385] |
| INDEX | [409] |