EVOLUTION AND NATURAL THEOLOGY. BY W. F. KIRBY, OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. LONDON: W. SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., PATERNOSTER ROW. 1883. PREFACE. A GREAT part of the present work was written' some time ago, and an abstract of the philosophical portion was published as a series of papers in a London periodical. Want of leisure has hitherto prevented the author from preparing the completed manuscript for press. It now appears to him that his conclusions are still sound, and not altogether unworthy to be laid before the public, as the main argument remains essentially unaffected by publications more recent than those upon which the work was originally based. 66 The quotations from Darwin's Origin of Species," are taken from the third edition, when not otherwise specified. London, 1883. W. F. KIRBY. |