Index
A Accentor, 1 Accipitcr cooperi, 243 Acorn, 49 Acquired characters, 10, 14, 15, 18-24, 60, 107-10 Acræeidæ, 175, 215, 228 Ægilops speltæformis, 118 Ægithina tiphia, 244 Æsthetic sense in birds, 306 “African Nature Notes and Reminiscences,” 192, 195, 199 Aggressive resemblance, 173 Aguara-guazu, 181 Aitken, E. H., 64 “Albany Review, The,” 43, 48, 195, 204 Albinism, 64, 65, 99, 283, 284, 362 Alcedo ispida, 289 Alcock, Col., 216, 217 Alcohol, 152, 153 Alexander, 181 Allen, Grant, 66 Allotrophy, 159 Alternating characters, 143 Alternative inheritance, 127 Amadavat, 311 Amandina erythrocephala, 122 A. fasciata, 122 “Amazement,” 93 Amazon parrot, 103 Amazonian dolphin, 99 Ammonites, 67 Ammonium sulphate, 151 Amœba, 35 Amphidasys betularia, 101 Anas boscas, 123, 334 A. obscura, 334 A. pœcilorhyncha, 315, 334 A. superciliosa, 315, 334 A. undulata, 334 Anastomus oscitans, 282 Ancon sheep, 95 Anemone magellanica, 118 A. sylvestris, 118 Anemophilous flowers, 261 “Animal Colouration,” 194, 205, 211, 213, 218, 222 “Animal Life and Intelligence,” 368 “Animals of New Zealand,” 382 Anous, 278 Anser cygnoides, 114 Anseranas melanoleucus, 281 Antarctic fauna, 191 Antelope, 48, 199, 334 Anthracoceros, 220 Anthropoides paradisea, 279 A. virgo, 279 Antilope cervicapra, 363 Ape, 101 Apogamy, 370 Appenzeller, 340 Apus, 381 “Archiv für Entwicklungsmechanik der Organismen,” 325, 330 Arctic fauna, 173, 174, 190, 191 Arctic regions, 173, 189 Ardea asha, 317, 318 A. gularis, 318 Ardeola grayii, 250, 254 Argali, 120, 130, 131 “Argentine Ornithology,” 361 Argynnis pales, 381 A. paphia, 103 Aristotle, 1 Artemia milhausenii, 156 A. salina, 156 Aseel, 364 Asexual reproduction, 135 Asiatic, 140 Ass, 117, 127, 128, 140 Astur badius, 235 Atavism, 136, 293 Athene chiaradiæ, 97 A. noctua, 97 Atoms, biological, 158 “Auk, The,” 190 Aularches militaris, 216 Avebury, Lord, 205, 260 “Avicultural Magazine, The,” 98 Avocet, 80
B Babbler, 244 Bactrian camel, 121 Bailey, 88 Baillon’s crake, 251 Balanced characters, 143 Balearica chrysopelargus, 105 B. regulorum, 105 Bassaris astuta, 242 Batesian mimicry, 177 Bateson, 26, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 102, 103, 302 Bats, 42 Bear, 101, 119, 190, 216, 282 Beddard, 180, 188, 194, 205, 211 Bee, 178, 179, 214, 221, 263, 264, 269 Beech, purple, 87 Bee-eater, 220, 278 Beetroots, 71 Belt, 216 Beluga, 190 Bentham, 260 Bestiary, 125 Bicheno’s finch, 105 Bilateral symmetry, 252, 253, 257 Bingham, Col. C. T., 239 Biological atoms, 158-69, 280 Biological molecules, 157-69, 280, 285, 291, 293, 294, 295, 344 Biological radicles, 158-69 Biophors, 153 “Bird Book, the,” 207 “Birds of the Plains,” 233, 303, 309, 359 Bison, 119, 126 Blackcock, 129, 131, 249, 278 Blackberry, 118 Blackbird, 201, 203, 207 Black-buck, 363 Blakiston, 181 Bloodsucker, 220 Blue-bellied waxbill, 104 Blyth, 115, 251 Boisier, 263 Bombyx arrindia, 125 B. cynthia, 124 Bonhote, 126, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 337 Bontebock, 196 Boselaphus tragocamelus, 357, 363 Bos frontalis, 126 Boulenger, 88 Bower-bird, 306 Brain-fever bird, 235, 236, 248 Bramble, 261 Branchipus, 156 Brannam, 92 Brent, Mr, 307 British Museum, 129, 130, 187 Bubo virginianus, 221 Bubulcus coromandus, 254 Budgerigars, 101 Buffalo, 120, 199 Buffon, 2 Buff Orpingtons, 65 Buff-tip moth, 215 Bufo melanostictus, 219 Bulbul, 123, 220, 221, 244, 245, 255, 256, 279 Bull, 119 Bungarus cœruleus, 217, 247 Bunting, reed, 98, 190, 289 Buphus coromandus, 317, 318 Burbank, 118 Burnet moth, 102 Bush-buck, 196 Butcher-bird, 241, 253 Buttercups, 70, 267, 274 Butterfly, 45, 47, 102, 103, 196, 197, 203, 204, 209, 212, 216, 238, 239, 240, 250, 264, 280, 306, 381 Buzzard, 262
C Cacomistle, 242 Cairina moschata, 127, 245 Californian currant, 119 Calœnas nicobarica, 65 Calotes versicolor, 220 Camel, 120, 357 Campophaga, 248 Canary, 100, 101, 102, 117, 120, 127, 280, 338, 362 Canis jubatus, 181 Capercailzie, 129, 131 Capuchin monkey, 216 Carbon, 153 Carduelis caniceps, 255 C. carduelis, 255 Carnation, 85, 86 Carnivores, 67 Carp, 102 Carrion crow, 123 Carrot, 71, 269, 270 Casarca cana, 129 C. tadornoides, 129 “Cassell’s Book of the Horse,” 69 Castle, 149 Castration, effects of, 335, 344 Cat, 61, 98, 99, 100, 206, 282, 283, 339, 350, 356, 361 Cat-rabbit, 125 Cataloe, 119 Cataract, 340 Caterpillars, 155, 175, 205, 211, 215, 221, 350 Cattle, 94, 95, 115 Centropus sinensis, 220, 244 Cephalophus doriæ, 243 Cephalopyrus flammiceps, 244 Cervulus muntjac, 101 C. reevesii, 114 C. vaginalis, 114 Cervus paludosus, 180 C. sika, 120 Ceryle rudis, 202 Chaffinch, 289 Chamba monaul, 104 “Champion Ladybird,” 91, 92, 93 Change of function, theory of, 36, 37 Chen nivalis, 282 C. rossi, 282 Chenatopex ægyptiaca, 316 Chenonetta jubata, 316 Chinese goose, 99, 114, 121, 130 Chinese pheasant, 123 Chloëphaga dispar, 105 C. magellanica, 105, 334 C. rubidiceps, 105, 334 Chromosomes, 145-7 Chrysæna victor, 333 Chrysolophus amherstiæ, 121 C. obscurus, 97 C. pictus, 97, 121, 337 Chrysomitris colombiana, 244 Chrysotis æstiva, 103 Ciconia alba, 282 C. boyciana, 282 Cinnabar moth, 227 Cissopis leveriana, 281 Civil Service Commissioners, 385, 387 Cleistogamous flowers, 260 Climate as check on multiplication, 349, 350 Clouded-yellow butterfly, 103 Clover, 69, 274 Clytus arietis, 178, 229 Cobra, 224, 225, 226, 358, 359 Colias edusa, 103 Colour-blindness, 340 Colouration of Flowers, Law of Progressive, 66 —— of Organisms, 170-296 Columbidæ, 331, 333 Concealing colouration, 184-7 Congenital characters, 18, 19 Conn, 47 “Contemporary Review,” 26 Cope, 15, 67 Copsychus saularis, 281 Coracias affinis, 123, 255 C. indica, 123, 220, 255 Cordon-bleu, 104 Cormorant, 190, 191, 277, 381, 382 Corn, Indian, 81 Correlation, 39, 40, 117, 162, 167, 223, 339, 340, 344, 356-65 Corvus corone, 123, 255 C. cornix, 123, 255 C. splendens, 353 “Country-Side, The,” 261, 265, 266, 273, 304, 311, 313 Courser, 362 Court-bec, 72 Cow, 119, 120, 126 Crab, 155 Crane, 105, 247, 248, 279, 282, 292 Crateropus bicolor, 242 C. canorus, 179 Crax globicera, 104, 304 C. grayi, 104 C. hecki, 104, 304 Crested newt, 124 Cretaceous reptiles, 67 Crinoids, 67 Crocodile, 187 Cross-fertilisation, 69, 258-60 Crotalus, 223 Crow, 47, 123, 206, 220, 247, 255, 281, 353, 355, 359, 361 “Crow-pheasant,” 220 Cryptic colouring, 173 Cuckoo, 220, 233, 235, 236, 243, 244, 247, 248, 289 —— shrike, 248 Cuculus canorus, 289 Cuénot, 149 Cunningham, Col., 225, 226, 358 —— J. T., 15, 19, 20, 324, 325, 329, 331, 332, 333, 336 Cupples, Mr, 308 Curassow, 104, 304 Currant, 119 Cut-throat finch, 122 Cypselus affinis, 243 Cytisus adami, 119
D Dafila acuta, 122 Dahlia, 86 Daisy, 266, 274 Daltonism, 340 Damaliscus lunatus, 363 Damp as a check to multiplication of species, 350, 351 Danaidæ, 175, 179, 215, 216, 226, 228 Danais chrysippus, 179, 250 Danger signal, 183, 214, 253, 254 Darter, 277 Darwin, 1-12, 14, 25-27, 31, 35, 42, 52, 54-7, 59, 60-3, 68, 83, 96, 112, 114-7, 119, 123, 127, 130, 151, 171, 175, 182, 184, 233, 259, 299, 301-8, 316, 319-21, 325, 326, 347 “Darwin and after Darwin,” 370-5, 377, 381 Darwinian theory, 3, 5-8, 11, 13, 27, 28, 35, 42, 45, 52, 75, 111, 171 Darwinism, 1, 7, 8, 11, 14, 26 “Darwinism,” 40, 53, 112, 117, 178, 207, 213, 228, 322, 323 “Darwinism To-day,” 16, 45, 67 Dasyurus, 283 De Candolle, 86 Decorative plumage, 40 Deer, 101, 120, 180, 298 Deerhound, 304, 308 Deer-ponies, 125 Degeneration, 168 Dejerine, 340 Delage, 33, 147 Delbœuf, Law of, 373 Delias eucharis, 216, 220, 221 Demiegretta, 100 Demoiselle crane, 277 “Descent of Man,” 234, 299, 301, 302, 304, 305, 319, 320, 326 Determination of sex, 165 “Development and Heredity,” 17 De Vries, 26, 66, 69-72, 75-8, 82-9, 95, 105, 118, 151 Dewar, D., 43, 44, 47, 48, 195, 204, 206, 208, 210, 225, 233, 236, 303, 308, 309, 354, 360, 378 Dewar, G. A. B., 196, 197 Dicrurus ater, 179, 233 Didelphys nurina, 243 Dimorphism, sexual, 51, 200, 201 Dipsacus, 58 Disease as a check to multiplication of species, 351 Dissemurus paradiseus, 179, 220 Divergence of character, 367 Dog, 59, 68, 99, 100, 125, 225, 226, 282, 283, 304, 308, 352, 357, 364, 365 Dog-rose, 261 Dolphin, 99 Dominant characters, 142 Donald, Mr D., 256 Dragon-fly, 216, 264 Driesh, 136 Drongo cuckoo, 233 Drongo-shrikes, 179, 220 Drummond, 382 Duck, 51, 60, 68, 97, 99, 100, 122, 126-8, 190, 247, 249, 282, 292, 314, 315, 334, 337, 338, 365 Duiker-buck, 243 Dyer, Sir William Thistleton, 26
E Eagle, 65, 190, 350 Eagle-owl, 221 East, M. E., 79 Echis carinata, 224 “Eclipse,” 69 “Edinburgh Review, The,” 38 Eel, 102 Eggs, colours of birds’, 206-9 Egret, 100, 206, 254, 365 Eider-duck, 249 Eimer, 15, 16, 33 Eisig, 222 Elanoides furcatus, 282 Elaps, 197, 198 Elder, 49 Elementary species, 77, 78, 87, 88, 89 Elk, Irish, 67 Emberiza citrinella, 289 E. pyrrhuloides, 98 E. schœniclus, 98 Entomophila picata, 281 Entomophilous flowers, 261 Epenthesis folleata, 103 Epilobias, 260 Equus, 41 Erebia manto, 381 Erythrura prasina, 102 “Essays on Evolution,” 11, 173, 177, 181, 184, 213, 223, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 234, 237, 238, 239 Estrelda cyanogastra, 104 E. phœnicotis, 104 Ether, 152, 153 Euchelia jacobacæ, 227 Eurasian, 140 European, 140 Euxenura maguari, 282 Evening primrose, 84, 85, 88 “Evolution of Sex, The,” 306 Existence, struggle for, 31, 32 Eye-colour in human beings, 310 Eyesight of birds, 211, 237-41 —— insects, 264 Eyton, 15
F “Faery Year, The,” 196 Falcon, 204, 246, 250 Falco peregrinator, 251 F. severus, 251 False mimicry, 243 Faults in poultry, 64 Ferrets, 100, 119 Finch, 117, 120 —— Bicheno’s, 105 —— chestnut-breasted, 98 —— cut-throat, 122 —— Gouldian, 98 —— Nonpareil, 102 —— red-headed, 142 —— ringed, 104 —— saffron, 244 —— yellow-rumped, 98 Finn, 99, 102, 115, 131, 179, 216, 219, 220, 235, 241, 255, 304, 309, 310, 313, 315, 316, 358 Fittest, survival of the, 32 Flowers, 65, 66 Flowers, colours of, 258-75 Fly-catchers, 44, 45, 47, 285, 338 Flying squirrel, 243 “Fortnightly Review, The,” 37, 38 Foul-brood, 353 Fowl, 56, 58, 61, 64, 65, 99, 101, 125, 127, 128, 282, 301, 302, 307, 314, 330, 336, 338, 339, 361, 362, 364, 365 Fowl-ducks, 125 Foxes, 101, 131, 190, 191 Fox-terrier, 19 Franqueiro cattle, 95 Francolinus pondicerianus, 337 Friar-bird, 249 Fringella coelebs, 209 Fritillary butterfly, 103 Frog, 325 Fruits, colours of, 258, 275 Fuligula marila, 290 Fulmar petrel, 190 Function, change of, 36, 37 Fungi, 263
G Gadow, Dr, 197, 245 Gadwall, 126, 315 Galton, 81, 82, 374 “Game Birds and Wild Fowl of India,” 131 Gametes, segregation of, 143-5 Gannet, 282 Gayal, 126 Gauchos, 359 Gecko, 210 Geddes, 306, 326 Gemmules, 151 “Genesis of Species,” 7, 61 Geographical isolation, 375 Geological record, imperfection of, 40-2, 94 Geranium, 260 Germ-plasm, continuity of the, 25 Germinal variations, 106-10 Geum urbanum, 263 Gibbon ape, 101 Giraffe, 17, 18, 192, 196 Globicera, 104 Glutton, 190 Goat, 283 Goethe, 2 Golden pheasant, 97, 129, 149, 337, 338 Golden tench, 101 Goldfinch, 127, 255 Goldfish, 101, 102 Goose, 99, 100, 105, 115, 121, 130, 190, 281, 316, 334, 339 Gordon’s currant, 119 Goshawk, 247 Gouldian Finch, 99 Graba, 58 Gradation of colour, principle of, 185 Graculipica melanoptera, 244 “Grammar of Science, The,” 309 Grass, 273 Grasshopper, 185 Greenfinch, 122 Greyhound, 364 Grosbeak, 281, 284 Groundsel, 260 Grouse, red, 125 Growth-force, 15, 16, 68 Grus leucogeranus, 282 Guillemot, 58, 190, 245 Guinea-fowl, 100, 127, 128, 279, 362 Guinea-pig, 95, 101, 129, 283 Gulick, 369, 372-7, 380 Gull, 190, 191, 207, 247, 290, 355 Gygis, 278 Gyrfalcon, 190
H Haeckel, 15, 24 Hæmophilia, 340 Halcyon smyrnensis, 202 Haliœtus albicilla, 65 Hare, 131, 185, 200 Harrier, 101 Hartebeeste, 363 Hawk-cuckoo, 235, 236 Hawk-eagle, 101 Hawks, 222, 235, 236, 247, 277 Hecki, 104 Helice, 103 Heliconidæ, 175, 215, 216, 228 Heloderm, 217 Henslow, 15, 22, 23, 47, 48, 259 “Heredity,” 103, 145, 166, 340 “Heredity of Acquired Characters in Plants,” 22, 48 “Heredity of Sexual Characters in relation to Hormones,” 19, 330 Heron, 250, 317 Herring, 193 Hertwig, 151 Heusinger, 357 Hewitt, Mr, 307 Hierococcyx varius, 235, 248 Hilversum, 84 Himalayan argali, 120 Hinny, 127, 136, 140, 162 Hipparchia, semele, 205 Hippotragus equinus, 334 H. niger, 334 Hirundo rustica, 251 H. tytleri, 251 “History of Creation,” 24 Hobby, 250, 251 Homogamy, 370 Honeyeater, 281 Hormones, 335, 338 Hornbill, 65, 220 Horner, 340 Horse, 61, 68, 69, 95, 96, 100, 101, 117, 127, 128, 140, 266, 267, 268, 272, 283, 332, 352, 363, 364, 374 Horse, genealogy of, 41 Houghton, 91 Howard, 315, 332 Hubrecht, 26 Hume, 131 Humming-bird, 328 Hutton, 3 Hutton, Captain, 115, 382 Huxley, 3, 6, 11, 40, 100, 111 Hyæna, 353 Hybridism, 111-32, 292, 293 Hydra, 21 Hydrogen, 152, 153 Hydrophasianus chirurgus, 250 Hyla, 245 Hypertely, 237, 240 Hypolimnas misippus, 179, 180
I “Ibis, The,” 255, 256 Icterus vulgaris, 244, 281, 284 Impeyan pheasant, 104 Indian Civil Service, 385, 386, 387 Indian corn, 81 Inheritance, 133-69 —— alternative, 127 —— blended, 140, 148 —— definition of, 138 —— of acquired characters, 10, 14, 15, 18-24, 60, 107-10 —— particulate, 140 —— unilateral, 139, 140, 162 Insectivores, 67 Intercrossing, swamping effects of, 42, 83 Intimidating attitudes, 224, 225 Iora, 244 Iridescence, 186 Irish elk, 67, 168 Isolation, 366-82, 387 Isomerism, biological, 154-8 —— chemical, 152-4, 157 Ithomiinæ, 228, 246 Ivy, 261
J Jacana, 250 Jackdaw, 51, 306 Jaeger, 86 Jaguar, 45, 358 Japanese greenfinch, 122 —— pheasant, 122, 124, 129 Jardin des plantes, 88 Java sparrow, 99, 100 Jelly-fish, 192 Jesse, W., 255 Johnston, 92 “Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society,” 209 “Journal of the Royal Society of Arts,” 236, 324, 378 Jungle-babbler, 179 Jungle fowl, 332
K Kallima, 45, 47, 209, 212, 235, 386 Kellog, 16, 26, 45, 47, 67 Kingfisher, 202, 203, 206 Kite, 282 “Knowledge,” 171, 198, 277 Korchinsky, 15, 33 Krait, 216, 247 Kuppa, 224
L Labernum, 119 Lachnanthes, 357 Ladybird, 213, 214 Lamarck, 2, 14, 17, 52 Lamarckism, 16, 24, 25 Lambert, Edward, 341 Lankester, Sir E. Ray, 13, 25 Lapwing, 207 Lark, 185, 362 Larus ridibundus, 290 Latent characters, 149 Law of battle, 301, 302, 321 Leaf-butterfly, 45, 47, 209, 235, 386 Lemming, 190 Lemur, 242, 243 Lemur catta, 242 Leopard, black, 101, 354, 358 Leucopternis, 282 Ligurinus sinicus, 122 Lily, 146 Linaria vulgaris peloria, 86 Linden, Gräfin von, 155 Links, missing, 41, 42 Linnæus, 65, 115 Linnet, 212, 338 “Linus I.,” 95, 96 Lion, 192, 334, 349, 352 Liothrix luteus, 179 Lizard, 64, 207, 210, 212, 216, 217, 220, 223, 269, 350 Loddigesia mirabilis, 328 Loeb, 147 Lophophorus chambanus, 104 L. impeyanus, 104 Lucerne, 118 Lung, 36, 37 Lutinism, 102 Lycæna donzelli, 381 L. pheretes, 381 Lycodon aulicus, 247 Lyell, 3
M Mackerel, 193 Madingly, 102 Mænia typica, 221 Magnus, 86 Magpie, 281 Magpie colouring, 66, 67, 280, 281 Magrath, 256 Male-fern, 49 Mallard, 65, 97, 122, 126, 132, 293, 313, 315, 334, 337 Malthus, 31 Malva, 260 Manchester School, 27 Mannikin, 104 Marbled newt, 124, 245 Marshall, 28 —— Mr G. A. K., 239 —— Milnes, 37, 174 Marsupials, 67 Masters, 86 “Materials for the Study of Variation,” 73, 103 Mauchamp sheep, 95 Mayer, 228 “Mechanischphysiologische Theorie der Abstammungslehre,” 15 Medicago media, 118 Megascops asio, 44 Melanism, 64, 101, 360 Melopsittacus undulatus, 101 Mendel, 42, 74, 136, 141, 142, 144, 145 Mendel’s Law, 145, 149, 150, 161 Mendelism, 145 Mesohippus, 41 Micellæ, 151 Micropus melanoleucus, 245 “Mikado, The,” 237 Mildew, 49 Mimicry, conditions of, 178 Mimicry, protective, 45, 50, 51, 173, 177-82, 226-51, 275, 293, 294 Mink, 243 Miohippus, 41 Missing links, 41, 42 Missouri currant, 119 Mivart, Dr St George, 7, 61 Mole, 180 Molge blasii, 124 M. cristata, 124 M. marmorata, 124 M. vulgaris, 221 Mollusca, 49 —— of Sandwich Islands, 375, 378 Molpastes, 123, 255 Molpastes bengalensis, 256, 379 M. burmanicus, 379 M. hæmorrhous, 255, 379 M. intermedius, 256, 379 M. leucogenys, 256 Monaul, 104 Monkey, 64, 213 Monotypic evolution, 366 Monstrosities, 56, 57, 358 Morgan, Prof. Ll., 368 —— T. H., 26 Morse, 190 Moseley, Prof., 311 Motacilla lugubris, 122 M. melanope, 122 Moth, 101, 102, 124, 209, 215, 227, 238, 240 Mouse, 64, 105, 139, 141, 146, 149, 150, 180, 185, 282, 359 Mule, 127, 136, 140, 160, 162 Müller, Fritz, 81, 180 Müllerian mimicry, 177, 181, 182 Munia atricapilla, 104 M. castaneithorax, 98 M. flaviprymna, 98 M. malacca, 104 Muscovy duck, 99, 127, 128, 281 Musk ox, 190, 192 Mustela sarmatica, 243 Mutations, 41, 43, 66, 69, 72, 75-105, 124, 127, 134, 159, 160, 169, 223, 280, 281, 284, 292, 295, 339, 341, 342-4, 380-8 Mutations, theory of, 26, 38, 75, 76, 95 Myna, 244 Myristicivoræ, 282
N Naegeli, 15, 16, 151 Nahrwal, 190 Natural selection, theory of, stated, 31, 32 “Nature,” 184 Nautili, 67 Nectar of flowers, 262, 264, 265, 268, 270, 271 Neo-Darwinians, 13, 14, 25, 173, 174, 176, 188, 214, 218, 222, 233, 238, 242, 263, 264 Neo-Darwinism, 51, 172, 234, 235, 264, 275, 276, 297 Neo-Lamarckians, 13, 14, 15 Neophron, 282 Nepheronia hippia, 179 Nettium albigulare, 179 New organs, beginnings of, 36, 73 Newman, 126 Newt, 124, 221, 222 Niata cattle, 95 Nicobar pigeon, 65 Nilgai, 337 Nitrogen, 153 Noddy, 62, 279 Nonpareil finch, 102 Nyroca africana, 337
O Oates, 255, 379 Obliterative colouration, 184-7 Ocydromus, 365 Œnis, 205 Œnopopelia tranquebarica, 122, 123, 324, 333 Œnothera lamarckiana, 84, 85, 87, 88 Ononis repens, 23 O. spinosa, 22 Opossum, 243 Orchid, 268, 269, 270, 272 Orgyia antiqua, 215 “Origin of Species, The,” 7, 9, 11, 31, 53, 57, 63, 114, 170, 194, 347, 348, 356, 367 Oriole, 244, 249, 284, 304 Oriolus galbula, 282 O. kundoo, 282 O. melanocephalus, 244, 284 “Ornithological and Other Oddities,” 255 Orohippus, 41 Orr, 15-7 Orthogenesis, 15, 16, 34 Ossifraga gigantea, 99, 362 Otidiphaps insularis, 244 Ovis ammon, 120 O. vignei, 120 Owen, Sir Richard, 7 Owl, 247, 277, 289 —— little, 97, 98 —— scops, 101 —— snowy, 190 Ox, 146, 352 Oxygen, 152, 153, 263
P Paddy bird, 254 Paint-root, 357 Palæornis torquatus, 102, 325 Pallas, 115 Pansy, 260 Panther, 360 Papilio, 228, 246 P. aristolochiæ, 179, 216, 220, 221 P. polites, 179 Paradise, bird of, 62, 249 Paradise flycatcher, 47, 202, 298, 303, 316, 324, 338 Paradisea apoda, 249 Paraguay cattle, 94 Parnassius apollo, 155 Paroquet, 102, 121, 325 Parrot, 103 Parthenogenesis, 135, 138 Partridge, 185, 315, 337 Parus leucopterus, 245 Passer domesticus, 289, 342 P. montanus, 342 P. swainsoni, 342 Pasteur, 5 Pavo nigripennis, 96 Pavoncella pugnax, 343 Pea, sweet, 74, 75, 81, 141 Pear, 72 Pearson, Karl, 309, 310 Peckham, 308 Pekin robin, 179 Pelagic animals, 173, 192-4 Penguin, 191 Pennant’s parakeet, 121 Petaurus breviceps, 243 Petrel, 44, 190, 191, 277, 337 Pfeffer, 33 Phalacrocorax carbo, 381 Phalanger, 243 Phalarope, 327 Phasianidæ, 125, 330 Phasianus colchicus, 114, 123 P. torquatus, 114, 123 P. versicolor, 114, 123, 124 Pheasant, 97, 104, 114, 121, 123, 128-30, 141, 315, 336, 338 Pictet, 155, 156 Pieris napi, 155 Piezorhynchus, 285 Pig, 57, 283, 357, 365 Pigeon, 61, 62, 65, 68, 71, 72, 91, 92, 93, 98, 101, 109, 126, 127, 244, 277, 282, 353, 357, 364, 365 Pigment, massing of, 256 Pike, 102, 222 Pimpernel, 261 Pintail duck, 130, 132, 293, 337 Pintailed nonpareil finch, 102 “Plant Breeding,” 87 Plasomes, 151 Plastidules, 151 Platycercus elegans, 121 P. erythropeplus, 121 P. eximius, 121 Pliohippus, 41 Plover, 207 Plumage, decorative, 40 Pochard, 126, 337 Pœcilomeres, 288-95 Poëephila mirabilis, 99 Polar bear, 119, 130 Polar bodies, 135 Polecat, 119 Polytypic evolution, 367 Poppy, 82, 261 Porzana bailloni, 251 P. pusilla, 251 Post-nuptial display, 316 Potentilla tormentilla, 263 Poulton, 11, 25, 26, 171, 173, 177, 181, 184, 210, 213, 217, 221, 223-5, 229-35, 238-42 Precis artexia, 203, 204, 212 Preferential mating among human beings, 309, 310 Prepotency, 136 Prickly pear, 274 Primrose, evening, 84, 85, 88 Pritchard, Hesketh, 359 “Proceedings of the Fourth International Ornithological Congress,” 288, 337 “Proceedings of the Linnæan Society,” 288 “Proceedings of the Natural History Society of Brunn,” 141 Protohippus, 37 Pseudoclytia pentata, 103 Pseudo-sematic colours, 173 Pseudotantalus cinereus, 282 Ptarmigan, 190 Pteroclurus exustus, 204 Puffin, 191 Pugnacity of animals, 206, 360 Puma, 45 Purple beech, 87 Pycraft, W. P., 277 Pycnorhampus affinis, 284 P. icteroides, 284 Pygæra bucephala, 215
Q Quail, 185 Quatrefages, de, 124 Quelea quelea, 98 Q. russi, 98 Querquedula crecca, 290 Quetelet’s Law, 77
R Rabbit, 99, 100, 105, 183, 253, 283, 350, 352 Racehorse, 69 Radicles, biological, 159 Rallus aquaticus, 251 R. indicus, 251 Ranunculus bulbosus, 70 Rappia, 245 Raspberry, 118 Rat, 74, 282 —— water, 101 Raven, 190 Razorbill, 190 Recessive characters, 142 Recognition colours, 251-7, 275 —— marks, 124 Red-mantled parakeet, 121 Redpole, 207 Redwing, 354 Reed bunting, 98 Reeves’ pheasant, 129 Regression, Law of, 82, 374 Reid, Archdale, 5 Reindeer, 190 Rest-harrow, 22 Reversion, 64, 65, 129, 293 Rhinosciurus tupaioides, 180 Rhodocera rhamni, 155 Rhododendron ferrugineum, 118 R. hirsutum, 118 Rhynchæa, 327 Ricardo, 28 Ringed finch, 104 Robin, 281, 378 Robin, Indian, 202 Robinson, Dr H., 171, 198 —— E. K., 261, 264, 265, 266, 268, 270, 272-4 Rodents, 67 Rogeron, 126 Roller, 123, 220, 255 Romanes, 366-81 Rook, 51, 187 Rose, 61, 267 Rosella parakeet, 121 Rous, Admiral, 69 Roux, 136 Ruff, 343
S Sable, 190 Saffron finch, 244 Sainfoin, 267 Salamander, 217, 219, 221 Salix alba, 118 S. pentandra, 118 Sandgrouse, 204, 351 Sandpipers, 185, 190 Sassaby, 363 Satyridæ, 205 Scatliff, H. P., 91-3 Scatliff strain, 91 Scaup, 290 Schmankewitsch, 156 “Science,” 166 Sciuropterus volucella, 243 Scops giu, 101 Scops owl, American, 44 ——, Indian, 101 Scoter, 249 Seal, 190, 191 Sea-urchin, 149 Seaweed, 263 Sebright, Sir John, 63 Secondary sexual characters, 298 Segregation, 369 —— of gametes, 143-5 Selous, Edmund, 308 —— F. C., 192, 195, 197, 203 Sematic colours, 173 Sesia fuciformis, 178 Sexual dimorphism, 51, 297-344 Sexual selection, theory of, 299-321 Shaheen, 251 Shamrock, 274 Sheathbill, 191 Sheep, 95, 266, 267, 283, 357, 372 Sheldrake, 109, 129 Shikra, 235, 236 Shoveler, 290 Shrew, 180, 216 Sidgwick, 28 Sidney, 5, 49 Sika deer, 120 Silver-washed fritillary butterfly, 103 Siskin, 127, 244 Skua, Arctic, 44, 362 Skua-gull, 191 Skunk, 186, 217, 221 Skylark, 315 Slug, 49, 185 Smith, Adam, 28 Snake, 185, 197, 198, 217, 220, 223-6, 247, 356 Snap-dragon, 268, 272 Snipe, 69, 327 Sodium sulphate, 151 Somatic variations, 106-10 “Some Indian Friends and Acquaintances,” 225, 358 Sorrel, 274 Sparrow, 213, 241, 341, 342 —— Java, 99, 100 Sparrow-hawk, 235, 243 Spatula clypeata, 290 Spavin, 332 “Species and Varieties,” 69, 77, 84, 87, 118 Species, definition of, 89 Species, elementary, 77, 78, 87-9 Spencer, 3, 15, 16, 28, 38, 151 Spider, 269, 272 Sporæginthus amandava, 311 Sports, 41, 43, 66, 75, 85, 135 Squirrel, 101, 186, 243 Stag, 325 —— Irish, 67 Standfuss, 155 Stanley crane, 248, 279 St Hilaire, T. G., 2, 356 Stick insect, 209 Stictoptera annulosa, 104 Stoat, 119, 190, 290 Stolzmann, 327-9, 342, 343 Stonechat, 353 Stork, 247, 282 “Strand Magazine,” 64 Strix flammea, 289 Struggle for existence, 31, 32, 48 —— for nourishment, 167 Suchetet, A., 126, 130 Sula capensis, 282 S. serrator, 282 Sunbird, 324 Surniculus lugubris, 235, 243 Survival of the fittest, 32 Survival value, 33, 34 Swallow, 250, 251, 279, 361 Swallow-shrike, 281 Swallow-tail butterfly, 179 Swan, 100 Swift, 243, 250 Swimming bladder of fishes, 36, 37 Sycalis flaveola, 244 Syrphidæ, 178
T Tachycineta leucorrhoa, 361 Tadorna cornuta, 129 T. tadornoides, 129 Tails, 62, 64 Tait, Mr, 356 Tanager, 281 Tapir, 42 Tasmanian devil, 282 Teal, 290, 316 Teasel, fuller’s, 58 Teeth, molar, 105 Tegetmeier, Mr, 307 Tern, 62, 278 Terpsiphone paradisi, 202, 298, 304, 316, 324 Tetraogallus, 337 Tetraonidæ, 125 Tetrapteryx paradisea, 249 Tetrao tetrix, 129 T. urogallus, 129 Thamnobia cambayensis, 202, 275 T. fulicata, 202, 378 Thayer, Mr Abbot, 184-7 Thompson, Seton, 354 Thomson, 103, 136, 145, 166, 306, 326, 340 Throat disease, 353 “Through Southern Mexico,” 197, 245 “Through the Heart of Patagonia,” 359 Thrush, 203, 207, 355 Tiger, 334 Tit, 245 Toad, 210, 219, 241 Toad-flax, 56 Tortoise, 222 Trefoil, 274 Trochilium, 229 Trogon, 62 Tropidonotus piscator, 220 Troupial, 244, 281, 284 Tsetse-fly, 352 Tupaia, 180, 216 T. ellioti, 216 Turbit, 72, 91-3 “Turbit, The Modern,” 91 Turkey, 95, 363 Turnspit dog, 59 Turtur cambayensis, 333 T. suratensis, 333 T. risorius, 33, 123, 126 Tylor, Mr Alfred, 287
U Ungulates, 67 Unilateral transmission, 341 Unit characters, 148-52 Uria grylle, 245 U. lacrymans, 58 Urial, 120, 130, 131 Urodynamis tritensis, 243
V Valezina, 103 Vanessa levana, 154 V. prorsa, 154 Vapourer moth, 215 Variation, 52-110 —— cause of, 59-60 —— continuous, 56, 69, 76, 105 —— definite, 55 —— determinate, 55 —— discontinuous, 43, 56, 72, 73, 76, 78, 79, 87, 105, 106, 133, 159, 295 —— germinal, 106-10, 133 —— indefinite, 55, 59 —— somatic, 106-110 Viola, 260 V. tricolor, 260 Volckamer, 86 Vulture, 282
W Waggett, 12 Wagner, 369, 372 Wagtail, 122, 203 Wallace, 3, 10, 13, 14, 25, 26, 35-42, 53, 112, 114, 116, 117, 171, 175, 177, 183, 184, 207, 213, 228, 230, 251, 253, 256, 287, 296, 308, 321-7, 343, 372, 377 Wallaceian school of biologists, 14, 24, 25, 47, 192, 210, 251, 346, 347, 366, 377 Wallaceism, 172, 202 Walrus, 190 Warblers, British, 315, 332 Warning colours, 173, 176, 198, 212-26 Wasp, 174, 178, 179, 214, 227 Wasp-beetle, 229 Water-rail, 251 Waxbill, blue-bellied, 104 Weasel, 190 Weaver, red-billed, 98 Weber, 86 Weir, Mr Jenner, 299 Weismann, 25, 106, 107, 151, 154 Weka rail, 365 “Westminster Review,” 112 Weston, G. E., 127 Whale, 42, 185, 190, 193 Wheatear, 253 Whinchat, 253 Wiesner, 151 Wilson, Prof. E. B., 166 Winter coat, 188 Wolf, 48, 130, 185, 192 Wonder horse, 95, 96 Woodpecker, 102 Wright, Mr, 304 Wyman, Professor, 357
X X-element, 165
Y Yak, 120 Yarrow, 268 “Year-book of the Smithsonian Institution,” 184 Yerbury, Col., 239 Youatt, 63
Z Zebra, 196 Zebu, 120 Zocher & Co., 56 Zoological Gardens, Lahore, 309 ——, London, 104, 119, 126, 130, 206, 304, 316 Zoological Society of London, 330 Zygæna filipendulæ, 102
Ornithological and Other Oddities
BY
FRANK FINN, B.A. (Oxon), F.Z.S.
LATE DEPUTY-SUPERINTENDENT OF THE INDIAN MUSEUM, CALCUTTA
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
Bombay Ducks
AN ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE EVERYDAY BIRDS
& BEASTS FOUND IN A NATURALIST’S EL DORADO
By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.
With Numerous Illustrations From Photographs of
Living Birds by Captain F. D. S. Fayrer, I.M.S.
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Birds of the Plains
By DOUGLAS DEWAR, F.Z.S., I.C.S.
AUTHOR OF “BOMBAY DUCKS,” etc.
WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS
PRESS OPINIONS
Globe.—“Mr Dewar is not only a keen and patient observer, but he is gifted with the descriptive art in high degree, and his vivacious style communicates the characters and habits of birds with unerring fidelity and infinite spirit.”
Sportsman.—“Mr Dewar has a delightfully simple and quaintly humorous way of expressing himself, and his clever word pictures of bird life making charming reading.”
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Living Masters of Music
HENRY J. WOOD. By Rosa Newmarch. SIR EDWARD ELGAR. By R. J. Buckley. JOSEPH JOACHIM. By J. A. Fuller Maitland. EDWARD MACDOWELL. By L. Gilman. EDVARD GRIEG. By H. T. Finck. THEODOR LESCHETIZKY. By A. Hullah. GIACOMO PUCCINI. By Wakeling Dry. ALFRED BRUNEAU. By Arthur Hervey. IGNAZ PADEREWSKI. By E. A. Baughan. RICHARD STRAUSS. By A. Kalisch. CLAUDE DEBUSSY. By Franz Liebich.
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∵ It was Schiller who said: “Twine no wreath for the actor, since his work is oral and ephemeral.” “Stars of the Stage” may in some degree remove this reproach. There are hundreds of thousands of playgoers, and both editor and publisher think it reasonable to assume that a considerable number of these would like to know something about actors, actresses, and dramatists, whose work they nightly applaud. Each volume will be carefully illustrated, and as far as text, printing, and paper are concerned will be a notable book. Great care has been taken in selecting the biographers, who in most cases have already accumulated much appropriate material.
First Volumes.
ELLEN TERRY. By Christopher St. John. HERBERT BEERBOHM TREE. By Mrs. George Cran. W. S. GILBERT. By Edith A. Browne. CHAS. WYNDHAM. By Florence Teignmouth Shore. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW. By G. K. Chesterton.
A Catalogue of Memoirs, Biographies, etc.
Works Upon Napoleon
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Westminster Gazette.—“Messrs. Wheeler and Broadley have succeeded in producing a work on the threatened invasion of England by Napoleon, which treats of the subject with a fulness of detail and a completeness of documentary evidence that are unexampled.”
Spectator.—“Without doubt Mr. Oscar Browning has produced a book which should have its place in any library of Napoleonic literature.”
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Daily News.—“Mr. Browning has with patience, labour, careful study, and excellent taste given us a very valuable work, which will add materially to the literature on this most fascinating of human personalities.”
Literary World.—“... Mr. Browning has examined all the available sources of information and carefully weighed his historical evidence. His discriminating treatment has resulted in a book that is... one that arrests attention by the conviction its reasoned conclusions carry.”
Times.—“A most careful and interesting work which presents the first complete and authoritative account of the life of this unfortunate Prince.”
Westminster Gazette.—“This book, admirably produced, reinforced by many additional portraits, is a solid contribution to history and a monument of patient, well-applied research.”
Scotsman.—“Neither too concise, nor too diffuse, the book is eminently readable. It is the best work in English on a somewhat circumscribed subject.”
Outlook.—“Mr. Petre has visited the battlefields and read everything, and his monograph is a model of what military history, handled with enthusiasm and literary ability, can be.”
Army and Navy Chronicle.—“We welcome a second edition of this valuable work.... Mr. Loraine Petre is an authority on the wars of the great Napoleon, and has brought the greatest care and energy into his studies of the subject.”
∵ Ralph Heathcote, the son of an English father and an Alsatian mother, was for some time in the English diplomatic service as first secretary to Mr. Brook Taylor, minister at the Court of Hesse, and on one occasion found himself very near to making history. Napoleon became persuaded that Taylor was implicated in a plot to procure his assassination, and insisted on his dismissal from the Hessian Court. As Taylor refused to be dismissed, the incident at one time seemed likely to result to the Elector in the loss of his throne. Heathcote came into contact with a number of notable people, including the Miss Berrys, with whom he assures his mother he is not in love. On the whole, there is much interesting material for lovers of old letters and journals.
MEMOIRS OF THE COUNT DE CARTRIE. A record of the extraordinary events in the life of a French Royalist during the war in La Vendée, and of his flight to Southampton, where he followed the humble occupation of gardener. With an introduction by Frédéric Masson, Appendices and Notes by Pierre Amédée Pichot, and other hands, and numerous Illustrations, including a Photogravure Portrait of the Author. Demy 8vo. 12s. 6d. net.
Daily News.—“We have seldom met with a human document which has interested us so much.”
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Standard.—“M. Frédéric Loliée has written a remarkable book, vivid and pitiless in its description of the intrigue and dare-devil spirit which flourished unchecked at the French Court.... Mr. Richard Whiteing’s introduction is written with restraint and dignity.”
Daily Telegraph.—“It is a really fascinating story, or series of stories, set forth in this volume.... Here are anecdotes innumerable of the brilliant women of the Second Empire, so that in reading the book we are not only dazzled by the beauty and gorgeousness of everything, but we are entertained by the record of things said and done, and through all we are conscious of the coming ‘gloom and doom’ so soon to overtake the Court. Few novels possess the fascination of this spirited work, and many readers will hope that the author will carry out his proposal of giving us a further series of memories of the ‘Women of the Second Empire.’”
Liverpool Mercury.—“... this absorbing book.... The work has a very decided historical value. The translation is excellent, and quite notable in the preservation of idiom.”
Morning Post.—“... May be welcomed as an important addition to Austeniana...; it is besides valuable for its glimpses of life in the Navy, its illustrations of the feelings and sentiments of naval officers during the period that preceded and that which followed the great battle of just one century ago, the battle which won so much but which cost us—Nelson.”
Standard.—“Distinctly a book that should be read... pleasantly written and well informed.”
The Times.—“A most illuminating commentary on Tchaikovsky’s music.”
World.—“One of the most fascinating self-revelations by an artist which has been given to the world. The translation is excellent, and worth reading for its own sake.”
Contemporary Review.—“The book’s appeal is, of course, primarily to the music-lover; but there is so much of human and literary interest in it, such intimate revelation of a singularly interesting personality, that many who have never come under the spell of the Pathetic Symphony will be strongly attracted by what is virtually the spiritual autobiography of its composer. High praise is due to the translator and editor for the literary skill with which she has prepared the English version of this fascinating work... There have been few collections of letters published within recent years that give so vivid a portrait of the writer as that presented to us in these pages.”
COKE OF NORFOLK AND HIS FRIENDS: The Life of Thomas William Coke, First Earl of Leicester of the second creation, containing an account of his Ancestry, Surroundings, Public Services, and Private Friendships, and including many Unpublished Letters from Noted Men of his day, English and American. By A. M. W. Stirling. With 20 Photogravure and upwards of 40 other Illustrations reproduced from Contemporary Portraits, Prints, etc. Demy 8vo. 2 vols. 32s. net.
The Times.—“We thank Mr. Stirling for one of the most interesting memoirs of recent years.”
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Pall Mall Gazette.—“A work of no common interest; in fact, a work which may almost be called unique.”
Evening Standard.—“One of the most interesting biographies we have read for years.”
THE LIFE OF SIR HALLIDAY MACARTNEY, K.C.M.G., Commander of Li Hung Chang’s trained force in the Taeping Rebellion, founder of the first Chinese Arsenal, Secretary to the first Chinese Embassy to Europe. Secretary and Councillor to the Chinese Legation in London for thirty years. By Demetrius C. Boulger, Author of the “History of China,” the “Life of Gordon,” etc. With Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Price 24s. net.
Daily Graphic.—“It is sate to say that few readers will be able to put down the book without feeling the better for having read it... not only full of personal interest, but tells us much that we never knew before on some not unimportant details.”
Daily News.—“A fascinating series... the whole book is rich in human interest. It is by personal touches, drawn from traditions and memories, that the dead men surrounded by the curious panoply of their time, are made to live again in Mr. Baring-Gould’s pages.”
Daily Telegraph.—“It is Gambetta pouring out his soul to Léonie Leon, the strange, passionate, masterful demagogue, who wielded the most persuasive oratory of modern times, acknowledging his idol, his inspiration, his Egeria.”
∵ This Edition has been printed direct from the original manuscript in the possession of the Fanshawe Family, and Mr. H. C. Fanshawe contributes numerous notes which form a running commentary on the text. Many famous pictures are reproduced, including paintings by Velazquez and Van Dyck.
∵ Joan of Arc, by her friends accounted a saint, by her enemies a witch, stands out the one supreme figure of the French 15th century; that period of storm and stress, that time of birth-giving from which proceeded the glories of the Renaissance. Bitter controversy raged round the Maid in her life-time. Round her story to-day literary polemic waxes high; and her life by Anatole France is the most eagerly discussed book of the century. That it presents a life-like picture of the time critics of all parties agree. Its author has well equipped himself with the best erudition of the last thirty years. To the fruits of these researches he has added profound philosophy and true historical insight, and thus into consummate literary art he has painted a more vivid picture of the French 15th century than has ever yet been presented in any literature. The Maid herself Monsieur France regards not as a skilful general or a wily politician as some writers have endeavoured to make out, but as above all things a saint. It was by her purity and innate goodness that she triumphed. “It was not Joan who drove the English out of France... And yet the young saint played the noblest part in the salvation of her country. Hers was the part of sacrifice. She set the example of high courage and gave to heroism a new and attractive form.
∵ M. G. Lenotre is perhaps the most widely read of a group of modern French writers who have succeeded in treating history from a point of view at once scientific, dramatic and popular. He has made the Revolution his particular field of research, and deals not only with the most prominent figures of that period, but with many minor characters whose life-stories are quite as thrilling as anything in fiction. The localities in which these dramas were enacted are vividly brought before us in his works, for no one has reconstructed 18th century Paris with more picturesque and accurate detail. “The Daughter of Louis XVI.” is quite equal in interest and literary merit to any of the volumes which have preceded it, not excepting the famous Drama of Varennes. As usual, M. Lenotre draws his material largely from contemporary documents, and among the most remarkable memoirs reproduced in this book are “The Story of my Visit to the Temple” by Harmand de la Meuse, and the artless, but profoundly touching narrative of the unhappy orphaned Princess: “A manuscript written by Marie Thérèse Charlotte of France upon the captivity of the Princes and Princesses, her relatives, imprisoned in the Temple.” The illustrations are a feature of the volume and include the so-called “telescope” portrait of the Princess, sketched from life by an anonymous artist, stationed at a window opposite her prison in the tower of the Temple.
Sir Martin Conway’s Note.
Nearly half a century has passed since Mr. W. H. James Weale, then resident at Bruges, began that long series of patient investigations into the history of Netherlandish art which was destined to earn so rich a harvest. When he began work Memlinc was still called Hemling, and was fabled to have arrived at Bruges as a wounded soldier. The van Eycks were little more than legendary heroes. Roger Van der Weyden was little more than a name. Most of the other great Netherlandish artists were either wholly forgotten or named only in connection with paintings with which they had nothing to do. Mr. Weale discovered Gerard David, and disentangled his principal works from Memlinc’s, with which they were then confused. During a series of years he published in the “Beffroi,” a magazine issued by himself, the many important records from ancient archives which threw a flood of light upon the whole origin and development of the early Netherlandish school. By universal admission he is hailed all over Europe as the father of this study. It is due to him in great measure that the masterpieces of that school, which by neglect were in danger of perishing fifty years ago, are now recognised as among the most priceless treasures of the Museums of Europe and the United States. Fullness and accuracy are the characteristics of all Mr. Weale’s work.
VINCENZO FOPPA OF BRESCIA, Founder of the Lombard School, His Life and Work. By Constance Jocelyn Ffoulkes and Monsignor Rodolfo Majocchi, D.D., Rector of the Collegio Borromeo, Pavia. Based on research in the Archives of Milan, Pavia, Brescia, and Genoa, and on the study of all his known works. With over 100 Illustrations, many in Photogravure, and 100 Documents. Royal 4to. £3. 11s. 6d. net.
∵ No complete Life of Vincenzo Foppa has ever been written: an omission which seems almost inexplicable in these days of over-production in the matter of biographies of painters, and of subjects relating to the art of Italy. The object of the authors of this book has been to present a true picture of the master’s life based upon the testimony of records in Italian archives; all facts hitherto known relating to him have been brought together; all statements have been verified; and a great deal of new and unpublished material has been added. The authors have unearthed a large amount of new material relating to Foppa, one of the most interesting facts brought to light being that he lived for twenty-three years longer than was formerly supposed. The illustrations will include several pictures by Foppa hitherto unknown in the history of art, and others which have never before been published, as well as reproductions of every existing work by the master at present known.
∵ For many years this great book has been out of print, although it still remains the chief authority upon the Duchy of Urbino from the beginning of the fifteenth century. Mr. Hutton has carefully edited the whole work, leaving the text substantially the same, but adding a large number of new notes, comments and references. Wherever possible the reader is directed to original sources. Every sort of work has been laid under contribution to illustrate the text, and bibliographies have been supplied on many subjects. Besides these notes the book acquires a new value on account of the mass of illustrations which it now contains, thus adding a pictorial comment to an historical and critical one.
∵ This is a translation of a book which has attained to the position of a classic. It has already been translated into almost every language, and has, in France, gone into fourteen editions in the course of a few years. The book is an exhaustive one, and although based on science and philosophy it is in no sense abstruse or remote from general interest. It deals with life as embodied not only in man and in the animal and vegetable worlds, but in all that great world of (as the author holds) misnamed “inanimate” nature as well. For M. Finot argues that all things have life and consciousness, and that a solidarity exists which brings together all beings and so-called things. He sets himself to work to show that life, in its philosophic conception, is an elemental force, and durable as nature herself.
∵ This book, which appeared anonymously in 1838, created an enormous sensation, and was fiercely criticised by Thackeray and in the Reviews of the time. There is no doubt that it was founded on the diary of Lady Charlotte Bury, daughter of the 5th Duke of Argyll, and Lady-in-Waiting to the unfortunate Caroline of Brunswick, when Princess of Wales. It deals, therefore, with the curious Court of the latter and with the scandals that occurred there, as well as with the strange vagaries of the Princess abroad. In this edition names left blank in the original have been (where possible) filled up, and many notes are given by the Editor to render it useful to the ever-increasing number of readers interested in the later Georgian Period.
Pall Mall Gazette.—“To the portrait of the man, Thomas, these letters do really add value; we can learn to respect and to like him the more for the genuine goodness of his personality.”
Morning Leader.—“These volumes open the very heart of Carlyle.”
Literary World.—“It is then Carlyle, the nobly filial son, we see in these letters; Carlyle, the generous and affectionate brother, the loyal and warm-hearted friend,... and above all, Carlyle as the tender and faithful lover of his wife.”
Daily Telegraph.—“The letters are characteristic enough of the Carlyle we know: very picturesque and entertaining, full of extravagant emphasis, written, as a rule, at fever heat, eloquently rabid and emotional.”
Glasgow Herald.—“... The book practically accomplishes its task of reinstating Carlyle; as an attack on Froude it is overwhelming.”
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Westminster Gazette.—“Few letters in the language have in such perfection the qualities which good letters should possess. Frank, gay, brilliant, indiscreet, immensely clever, whimsical, and audacious, they reveal a character which, with whatever alloy of human infirmity, must endear itself to any reader of understanding.”
World.—“Throws a deal of new light on the domestic relations of the Sage of Chelsea. They also contain the full text of Mrs. Carlyle’s fascinating journal, and her own ’humorous and quaintly candid’ narrative of her first love-affair.”
Daily News.—“Every page... scintillates with keen thoughts, biting criticisms, flashing phrases, and touches of bright comedy.”
Morning Post.—“Mr. Ernest Vizetelly has given... a very true insight into the aims, character, and life of the novelist.”
Athenæum.—“... Exhaustive and interesting.”
M.A.P.—“... will stand as the classic biography of Zola.”
Star.—“This ‘Life’ of Zola is a very fascinating book.”
Academy.—“It was inevitable that the authoritative life of Emile Zola should be from the pen of E. A. Vizetelly. No one probably has the same qualifications, and this bulky volume of nearly six hundred pages is a worthy tribute to the genius of the master.”
Mr. T. P. O’Connor in T.P.’s Weekly.—“It is a story of fascinating interest, and is told admirably by Mr. Vizetelly. I can promise any one who takes it up that he will find it very difficult to lay it down again.”
Mr. M. H. Spielmann in The Academy.—“The volume is a triumph for the printer and publisher, and a solid contribution to Carolinian literature.”
Pall Mall Gazette.—“The present sumptuous volume, a storehouse of eloquent associations... comes as near to outward perfection as anything we could desire.”
∵ This work is compiled from diaries and letters dating from the time of the Regency to the middle of the nineteenth century. The value of the work lies in its natural unembellished picture of the life of a cultured and well-born family in a foreign environment at a period so close to our own that it is far less familiar than periods much more remote. There is an atmosphere of Jane Austen’s novels about the lives of Admiral Knox and his family, and a large number of well-known contemporaries are introduced into Mrs. Blake’s pages.
∵ There is no purer influence in modern music than that of César Franck, for many years ignored in every capacity save that of organist of Sainte-Clotilde, in Paris, but now recognised as the legitimate successor of Bach and Beethoven. His inspiration “rooted in love and faith” has contributed in a remarkable degree to the regeneration of the musical art in France and elsewhere. The now famous “Schola Cantorum,” founded in Paris in 1896, by A. Guilmant, Charles Bordes and Vincent d’Indy, is the direct outcome of his influence. Among the artists who were in some sort his disciples were Paul Dukas, Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré and the great violinist Ysāye. His pupils include such gifted composers as Benoît, Augusta Holmès, Chausson, Ropartz, and d’Indy. This book, written with the devotion of a disciple and the authority of a master, leaves us with a vivid and touching impression of the saint-like composer of “The Beatitudes.”
∵ The writer, who has lived much in France, is thoroughly acquainted with French life and with the principal currents of French thought. The book is intended to be a guide to English readers desirous to keep in touch with the best present-day French fiction. Special attention is given to the ecclesiastical, social, and intellectual problems of contemporary France and their influence upon the works of French novelists of to-day.
Westminster Gazette.—“A distinctly interesting work; it will be highly appreciated by historical students as well as by ordinary readers.”
Daily Telegraph.—“... As soon as the volume is opened one finds oneself in the presence of a real original, a man of ability, genius and eccentricity, of whom one cannot know too much... No one will read this fascinating and charmingly produced book without thanks to Mr. Byles and a desire to visit—or revisit—Morwenstow.”
Birmingham Post.—“Nothing seems at all likely ever to supplant the Gilchrist biography. Mr. Swinburne praised it magnificently in his own eloquent essay on Blake, and there should be no need now to point out its entire sanity, understanding keenness of critical insight, and masterly literary style. Dealing with one of the most difficult of subjects, it ranks among the finest things of its kind that we possess.”
Truth.—“It is undoubtedly the most important book of the kind that has been published in recent years, and is certain to disturb many readers whose minds have not travelled with the time.”
Punch.—“All Meredithians must possess ‘George Meredith; Some Characteristics,’ by Richard Le Gallienne. This book is a complete and excellent guide to the novelist and the novels, a sort of Meredithian Bradshaw, with pictures of the traffic superintendent and the head office at Boxhill. Even Philistines may be won over by the blandishments of Mr. Le Gallienne.”
Daily Telegraph.—“Mr. Craig has set out to present him (Lord Chesterfield) as one of the striking figures of a formative period in our modern history... and has succeeded in giving us a very attractive biography of a remarkable man.”
Times.—“It is the chief point of Mr. Craig’s book to show the sterling qualities which Chesterfield was at too much pains in concealing, to reject the perishable trivialities of his character, and to exhibit him as a philosophic statesman, not inferior to any of his contemporaries, except Walpole at one end of his life, and Chatham at the other.”
The Daily Telegraph.—“It could scarcely be done more thoroughly or, on the whole, in better taste than is here displayed by Professor Clerici. Mr. Frederic Chapman himself contributes an uncommonly interesting and well-informed introduction.”
Westminster Gazette.—“The volume, scholarly and well-informed... forms one long and absorbingly interesting chapter of the chronique scandaleuse of Court life... reads like a romance, except that no romancer would care or dare to pack his pages so closely with startling effects and fantastic scenes.”
Outlook.—“This deeply interesting record of experience. The volume is worthily produced and contains a striking portrait of Howe.”
Daily News.—“Dr. Howe’s book is full of shrewd touches; it seems to be very much a part of the lively, handsome man of the portrait. His writing is striking and vivid; it is the writing of a shrewd, keen observer, intensely interested in the event before him.”
Daily News.—“Miss Valentina Hawtrey has given a most excellent English version of this pleasant work.”
Academy.—“The fourteenth-century fancy plays delightfully around the meagre details of the Gospel narrative, and presents the heroine in quite an unconventional light.... In its directness and artistic simplicity and its wealth of homely detail the story reads like the work of some Boccaccio of the cloister; and fourteen illustrations taken from Italian painters happily illustrate the charming text.”
Daily News.—“Mr. Herbert Paul has done scholars and the reading world in general a high service in publishing this collection of his essays.”
Punch.—“His fund of good stories is inexhaustible, and his urbanity never fails. On the whole, this book is one of the very best examples of literature on literature and life.”
Douglas Sladen in the Queen.—“This is indisputably a most valuable contribution to the literature of the eighteenth century. It is a veritable storehouse of society gossip, the art criticism, and the mots of famous people.”
Academy and Literature.—“The effect consists in no particular passages, but in the total impression, the sense of atmosphere, and the general feeling that we are being introduced into the very society in which the writer moved.”
Daily News.—“To Miss Alice Gaussen is due the credit of sorting out the vast collection of correspondence which is here presented to the public.... Her industry is indefatigable, and her task has been carried out with completeness. The notes are full of interesting items; the introduction is exhaustive; and the collection of illustrations enhances the value of the book.”
World.—“Sir William Pepys’s correspondence is admirable.”
Daily Chronicle.—“Few, indeed, could be more fit to sing the dirge of that ‘Virgil of Prose’ than the poet whose curiosa felicitas is so close akin to Stevenson’s own charm.”
Globe.—“The opening Elegy on R. L. Stevenson includes some tender and touching passages, and has throughout the merits of sincerity and clearness.”
Guardian.—“One of the cleverest pieces of criticism we have come across for a long time.”
Scotsman.—“It shows a keen insight into the essential qualities of literature, and analyses Mr. Kipling’s product with the skill of a craftsman... the positive and outstanding merits of Mr. Kipling’s contribution to the literature of his time are marshalled by his critic with quite uncommon skill.”
The Times.—“... the leading features of the sonnets are the writer’s intense sympathy with human life in general and with young life in particular; his humour, his music, and, in a word, the quality which ‘leaves a melody afloat upon the brain, a savour on the mental palate.’”
Bookman.—“The Memoir, by Mr. W. A. Gill, is a sympathetic sketch of an earnest and lovable character; and the critical estimate, by J. Addington Symonds, is a charmingly, written and suggestive essay.”
∵ The book, which is largely autobiographical, describes the effect of diffidence upon an individual life, and contains, with a consideration of the nature of shyness, a plea for a kindlier judgment of the inveterate case.
Daily Mail.—“Mr. Leith has written a very beautiful book, and perhaps the publisher’s claim that this will be a new classic is not too bold.”
Daily Chronicle.—“It is a remarkable thing and probably unique, that a writer of such personality as the author of ‘Between the Acts’ should not only feel, but boldly put on paper, his homage and complete subjection to the genius of one after another of these men. He is entirely free from that one common virtue of critics, which is superiority to the author criticised.”
The Literary World.—“The book is altogether entertaining; it is brisk, lively, and effective. Mr. Watt has already, in his two series of ‘The Law’s Lumber Room,’ established his place as an essayist in legal lore, and the present book will increase his reputation.”