(1) Heredity and Eugenics (2) Richtlinien des Entwicklungs- und Vererbungs-problems

Abstract

“HEREDITY and Eugenics” consists of a series of lectures delivered at Chicago in 1911 by five of the best-known American students of the subject. It deals with plants, animals, and man, and is intended as a popular exposition of recent advances of our knowledge of heredity. The lecturers had evidently not consulted each other with regard to the parts of the subject to be dealt with by each, with the result that there is some overlapping, but in a book intended for those who have made no serious study of the problems involved, this is not a serious disadvantage. All the chapters are simply and clearly written, and the book is well illustrated with excellent figures. In general the cases chosen are well suited to the purpose, and for the untrained reader the book will give a clear idea of the present state of our knowledge and of its bearing upon practical problems.

(1) Heredity and Eugenics.

A Course of Lectures Summarising Recent Advances in Knowledge in Variation, Heredity, and Evolution, and its Relation to Plant, Animal, and Human Improvement and Welfare. William Ernest Castle John Merle Coulter Charles Benedict Davenport Edward Murray East William Lawrence Tower. Pp. vii + 315. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press; London: Cambridge University Press.) Price 10s. net.

(2) Richtlinien des Entwicklungs- und Vererbungs-problems

Dr. Alfred Greil. Zweiter Teil: Anpassung und Variabilitt, Ererbung und Erwerbung Geschlechtsbestimmung. Pp. iii + 364. (Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1912.) Price 10 marks.