Essays and criticisms /

by St. George Mivart.
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Mivart, St. George Jackson, 1827-1900.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: London : J.R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co., 1892.
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Notes:Physical description: 2 v. ; 23 cm. (8vo)
Table of Contents:
v. 1 Jacobinism. Sorel's Europe and the French revolution. Memoirs of a royalist [M. Frederic Alfred Pierre Vicomte de Falloux]. State organisation. Notes on Spain. Monumenta ritualia ecclesiae anglicanae. A Devonshire relic. A visit to some Austrian monasteries. The greyfriars. National education. The meaning of life. The government of life. Laughter. Why tastes differ. The psychology of the emotions. (8, 472 p.).
v. 2 The descent of man. Evolution and its consequences : a reply to Professor Huxley. Specific genius. Herbert Spencer. Prehistoric and savage man. Address to the British Association, 1879. Force, energy and will. Likenesses, or, Philosophical anatomy. Herman Lotze and the mechanical philosophy. A limit to evolution. Organic nature's riddle. What are animals and plants? Weismann's theories
the beginning and end of life. Eimer on growth and inheritance.