Volume 1

Essays upon heredity and kindred biological problems / by August Weismann ; edited by Edward B. Poulton, Selmar Schönland, and Arthur E. Shipley, authorized translation.

  • Shipley A. E. (Arthur Everett), Sir, 1861-1927.
Date:
1891-1892
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    Reviews, Volumes, Letters, etc., dealing with the Subject of the Essays, which have appeared in England and America since the publication of the First Edition (1889). William Platt Ball, Esq. I. 'Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited?' Nature Series. Macmillan, 1890. Professor E. D. Cope. II. ' On the Transmission of Acquired Characters.' 'The American Naturalist,'Vol. XXIII, p. 136. J. T. Cunningham, Esq. III. 'The New Darwinism.' The Westminster Review, Vol. 136. July, 1891. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., M.A., F.R.S., &c., &c. IV. The Presidential Address. Section D. British Association, 1888. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. Bath, 1888. Professor G. H. T. Eimer. V. ' Organic Evolution as the Result of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters according to the Laws of Organic Growth.' Trans- lated by J. T. Cunningham, M.A., F.R.S.E. Macmillan, 1890. Dr. Hans Hadow. VI. Description of the Modifications of certain Organs which seem to be Illustrations of the Inheritance of Acquired Characters in Mammals and Birds. Zoologische Jahrbucher, 5th Bd Heft IV. Francis Galton, F.R.S., &c., &c. VII. ' Natural Inheritance.' Macmillan, 1889. VIII. 'Feasible Experiments on the Possibility of Transmitting Ac- quired Characters.' Abstract. ' Nature,' Vol. XL, p. 610. Professor Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson. IX. ' The Evolution of Sex.' Walter Scott, 1889. Professor J. G. McKendrick. X. 'On the Modern Cell Theory and Theories as to the Physio- logical Basis of Heredity.' Proceedings of the Philosophical Society of Glasgow, Vol. XIX. Professor Mivart.