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VOL. XV

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Table of Contents

PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM HARVEY Frontispiece

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BRAMWELL, JOHN MILNE Hypnotism: Its History, Practice and Theory 1

BUFFON, COMTE DE Natural History 12

CHAMBERS, ROBERT Vestiges of Creation 22

CUVIER, GEORGES The Surface of the Globe 33

DARWIN, CHARLES The Origin of Species 43

DAVY, SIR HUMPHRY Elements of Chemical Philosophy 64

FARADAY, MICHAEL Experimental Researches in Electricity 75 The Chemical History of a Candle 85

FOREL, AUGUSTE The Senses of Insects 95

GALILEO Dialogues on the System of the World 105

GALTON, SIR FRANCIS Essays in Eugenics 111

HAECKEL, ERNST The Evolution of Man 123

HARVEY, WILLIAM On the Motion of the Heart and Blood 136

HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN Outlines of Astronomy 146

HUMBOLDT, ALEXANDER VON Cosmos, a Sketch of the Universe 158

HUTTON, JAMES The Theory of the Earth 170

LAMARCK Zoological Philosophy 179

LAVATER, JOHANN Physiogonomical Fragments 191