TRANSCRIBER NOTES: Words or letters contained within underscores, i.e. _EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY_, are words which were in italics in the original. Letters or numbers preceded by a carat symbol, ^, indicate letters or numbers which were in superscript in the original. Letters with a macron are indicated in the following manner: [=a]. Additional Transcriber Notes can be found at the end of this project. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS SCIENCE HUXLEY'S ESSAYS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR OLIVER LODGE THE PUBLISHERS OF _EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY_ WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALL APPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED AND PROJECTED VOLUMES TO BE COMPRISED UNDER THE FOLLOWING TWELVE HEADINGS: TRAVEL SCIENCE FICTION THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY HISTORY CLASSICAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS ESSAYS ORATORY POETRY & DRAMA BIOGRAPHY ROMANCE [Illustration] IN TWO STYLES OF BINDING, CLOTH, FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP, AND LEATHER, ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP. LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO. [Illustration: HOC SOLUM SCIO QUOD NIHIL SCIO] MAN'S PLACE IN NATURE AND OTHER ESSAYS BY THOMAS HENRY HUXLEY [Illustration] LONDON: PUBLISHED by J. M. DENT. & CO. AND IN NEW YORK BY E. P. DUTTON & CO. _First Edition, February 1906_ _Reprinted July 1906_ CONTENTS PAGE I. ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAN-LIKE APES 1 II. ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS 52 III. ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN 111 IV. THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE 151 V. THE PAST CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE 168 VI. THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC NATURE ARE TO BE DISCOVERED.--THE ORIGINATION OF LIVING BEINGS 186 VII. THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION 208 VIII. THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE AS AFFECTING THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS 225 IX. A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITION OF MR. DARWIN'S WORK, "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES," IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE THEORY OF THE CAUSES OF THE PHENOMENA OF ORGANIC NATURE 245 X. ON THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCES 264 (Lecture delivered at St. Martin's Hall, July 22, 1854). XI. ON THE PERSISTENT TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE 283 (Lecture delivered at the Royal Institution, June 3, 1859.) XII. TIME AND LIFE 287 (_Macmillan's Magazine_, December 1859.)