“The work of Paul Gruyer will live when the ‘Last voyages’ is forgotten.”
| + | Sat. R. 103: 84. Ja. 19, ’07. 950w. |
Guenther, Conrad. Darwinism and the problems of life: a study of familiar animal life. *$3.50. Dutton.
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“A study of the theory of evolution, defending the doctrine of ‘natural selection,’ to the exclusion of all other explanations of individual and collective development in men and animals.... The bulk of the book treats in detail of the manner of development of the many species of living creatures, from the original protoplasm or unicellular being to the complex and mysterious physiology of man.”—N. Y. Times.
“Taken as a whole, that portion of Dr. Guenther’s book which deals strictly with biology can best be characterized as sadly behind the times.” Raymond Pearl.
| − | Dial. 43: 208. O. 1, ’07. 850w. |
“Not only in the lucidity of its presentation and discussion, but in its arrangement of the materials also, it is adapted above all others as a book that may be taken up by those who possess very little idea of science, and whose ignorance leads them to hold very erroneous ideas of the present state and value of evolutionary doctrine. The point that merits much criticism, in the opinion of the reviewer, is the author’s attitude toward the work of De Vries and others, on mutation or saltation as the method of evolution.” Henry Edward Crampton.
| + − | J. Philos. 4: 297. My. 23, ’07. 2260w. |