(1) Heredity and Society (2) An Introduction to Eugenics (3) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics

Abstract

(1) THE authors of this volume record that one of them, on being presented to “a distinguished bishop and penetrating scholar of the last generation,” was asked: “What is your opinion of the theory of politics?” The chapter entitled “Heredity and Politics” contains the answer, which was not ready at the time, namely, that the ultimate object should be to improve the innate qualities of the race; for if this be done improvement in environment will follow as a necessary consequence. It contains also an examination of the probable results of some of the more recent humanitarian legislation, which, hurriedly aiming at the relief of distress, does not stop to inquire whether that relief will not produce a few years hence a manifold increase of the distress which it is intended to eliminate. Yet the hurry manifested in some forms of legislation is no more noticeable than the delay in others. The case of the feeble-minded quoted in the following paragraph will serve as an example for the present:—

(1) Heredity and Society.

By W. C. D. Whetham Catherine D. Whetham. Pp. viii + 190. (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912.) Price 6s. net.

(2) An Introduction to Eugenics.

By W. C. D. Whetham Catherine D. Whetham. Pp. viii + 66. (Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes; London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd.; Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1912.) Price 1s. net.

(3) Heredity in Relation to Eugenics.

By C. B. Davenport. Pp. xi + 298. (New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1911.) Price $2.00 net.