Ants and Some Other Insects: an Inquiry Into the Psychic Powers of These Animals

Part I. the Darwinian Theory

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Part Ii. Post-Darwinian Questions. Heredity and Utility

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Darwinism Illustrated

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An Examination of Weismannism

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The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution

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On Germinal Selection

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On Orthogenesis (Definite Evolution)

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A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evolution

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The Principles of Bacteriology

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Articles Published in The Monist and The Open Court on Subjects Related to Biology and Evolution

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=A. R. Wallace on Physiological Selection.= By PROF. GEORGE J. ROMANES. “The Monist,” Vol. I, No. 1. 50 cents.

=On the Material Relations of Sex in Human Society.= By PROF. E. D. COPE. “The Monist,” Vol. I, No. 1. 50 cents.

=The Immortality of Infusoria.= By DR. ALFRED BINET. “The Monist,” Vol. I, No. 1. 50 cents.

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=The Factors of Evolution.= By JOSEPH LE CONTE. “The Monist,” Vol. I, No. 3. 50 cents.

=The Continuity of Evolution.= The Science of Language versus The Science of Life, as represented by Prof. F. Max Mueller and Prof. G. J. Romanes. By DR. PAUL CARUS. “The Monist,” Vol. II, No. 1. 50 cents.

=Mental Evolution.= An Old Speculation in a New Light. By PROF. C. LLOYD MORGAN. “The Monist,” Vol. II, No. 2. 50 cents.

=The Nervous Ganglia of Insects.= By DR. ALFRED BINET. “The Monist,” Vol. III, No. 1. 50c.

=Panpsychism and Panbiotism.= By DR. PAUL CARUS. “The Monist,” Vol. III, No. 2. 50 cents.

=Automatism and Spontaneity.= By DR. EDMUND MONTGOMERY. “The Monist,” Vol. IV, No. 1. 50 cents.

=Dr. Weismann on Heredity and Progress.= By PROF. C. LLOYD MORGAN. “The Monist,” Vol. IV, No. 1. 50 cents. Regarded by Prof. Weismann as one of the most powerful criticisms of his doctrine.

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