Permanence and Evolution

Abstract

THIS is a thoughtful little book, clearly and ably written, with the view of showing, as its Preface states, “that while Darwinism proper is improbable, evolutionism in any form is as yet unproved; while, on the other hand, the more we investigate the facts of inheritance, the more we are compelled to regard differences so slight, that they would usually be considered casual variations, as within the limits of our existing knowledge strictly permanent.” Such being his theme, Mr. Pusey introduces it with the following very appropriate and judicious apology, which we quote in order to show the spirit which throughout characterises his work.

Permanence and Evolution; An Enquiry into the Supposed Mutability of Animal Types.

By S. E. B. Bouverie Pusey. (London: Kegan Paul, Trench, and Co., 1882.)