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                            AN EXAMINATION

                                  OF

                              WEISMANNISM




                                Oxford

                HORACE HART, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY

[Illustration: AUGUST WEISMANN]




                            AN EXAMINATION
                                  OF
                              WEISMANNISM

                                  BY

                          GEORGE JOHN ROMANES
                          M.A., LL.D., F.R.S.
       HONORARY FELLOW OF GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE

                                London
                       LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
                                 1893




PREFACE


AS already stated in the Preface to the second edition of _Darwin and
after Darwin_, Part I, severe and protracted illness has hitherto
prevented me from proceeding to the publication of Part II. It is
now more than a year since I had to suspend work of every kind, and
therefore, although at that time Part II was almost ready for press,
I have not yet been able to write its concluding chapters. Shortly
before and during this interval Professor Weismann has produced his
essays on _Am