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Sir George Darwin (1845-1912) was the second son and fifth child of Charles Darwin. After studying mathematics at Cambridge he read for the Bar, but soon returned to science and to Cambridge, where in 1883 he was appointed Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Experimental Philosophy. His family home is now the location of Darwin College. His work was concerned primarily with the effect of the sun and moon on tidal forces on Earth, and with the theoretical cosmogony which evolved from practical observation: he formulated the fission theory of the formation of the moon (that the moon was formed from still-molten matter pulled away from the Earth by solar tides). This volume of his collected papers covers periodic orbits and some miscellaneous papers, including two investigating the health statistics of the marriage of first cousins -of interest to a member of a dynasty in which such marriages were common. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Gillian Beer's classic Darwin's Plots, one of the most influential works of literary criticism and cultural history of the last quarter century, is here reissued in an updated edition to coincide with the anniversary of Darwin's birth and of the publication of The Origin of Species. Its focus on how writers, including George Eliot, Charles Kingsley and Thomas Hardy, responded to Darwin's discoveries and to his innovations in scientific language continues to open up new approaches to Darwin's thought and to its effects in the culture of his contemporaries. This third edition includes an important new essay that investigates Darwin's concern with consciousness across all forms of organic life. It demonstrates how this fascination persisted throughout his career and affected his methods and discoveries. With an updated bibliography reflecting recent work in the field, this book will retain its place at the heart of Victorian studies. ... Read more

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Even unread theories permeate fiction.
The book functions as both a wonderful review of Victorian period novels and a review of Darwinism for the general reader.Science is part of cultural formation. Even unread theories permeate fiction because others in the milieu talk about the theories and talk about issues forming the foundation for scientific theories.This is a collection of essays extending the reach of the new historicism critical school.It is necessary in using critical method to resist using a kind of metaphorical reductionsim.Jane Austen, Walter Scott, Dickens, Trollope, Conrad, and Hardy are covered.

The scientific view Darwin displaced may be called "natural theology." Darwin learned the language and many of the adaptations from natural theology.The idea of adaptation also implies the idea of interdependence.Darwin may well be taken as the father of ecology.Jane Austen's works reflect the world of pre-Darwinian science.MANSFIELD PARK is a world of disciplined control.It is essentially a closed system.Jane Austen is dedicated to calling things by their right names.By way of contrast, Darwin needed to break the traditional hold of classification.He denies Aristotelian essentialism.Chance and the random become the great creative forces in Darwin's theory.Natural selection is a metaphor for mindless temporal processes.

Dickens had a preoccupation with irrepressible multiplicity.The difference between Darwin and Dickens is that Darwin's laws have no moral significance.In LITTLE DORRIT Dickens's images are of a world irredeemably secular in which both Darwinian theory and thermodynamics would find a place.Darwin and Trollope were alike in taking self-deprecating stances in their autobiographies and being keen observers.Thomas Hardy was preoccupied with close observation and his works encompass the character of the observer and the consequences of the act of observation which may constitute a sort of invasion of privacy.Conrad emphasized the disruptiveness of Darwin's vision.Through his characters Conrad moves from Darwinian distancingand dehumanization to the edge of self-annihilation. ... Read more

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Publisher: London, Harrison and SonsSubjects: Celestial mechanicsTidesNotes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there. ... Read more

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`This is the autobiography of a prominent 19th century economist, which was miraculously saved from destruction by fire. It would be interesting simply as a personal account of the education of an upper class gentleman of the Victorian era. But Norman became a long-serving director of the Bank of England who entered into public debates on matters of public finance and international trade. The editors are well-known authorities in the history of economic thought and provide us with a 50-page introduction to the technicalities of Norman's contributions. This is an invaluable entrée into classical economics as it was experienced at the time.'
- Mark Blaug, University of London and University of Buckingham, UK

`This book has been a long time in the making but well worth the wait. It is a work of immense scholarship. The editors of George Warde Norman's autobiography have put a huge effort into the production. The volume has a splendid introduction and is then packed with fascinating detail revealing the world of an important nineteenth century figure - the grandfather of Montagu Norman no less - that lights up the working of the Bank and the City and much else besides.'
- Forrest H. Capie, Bank of England, UK

George Warde Norman, 1793-1882, a Director of the Bank of England 1821-72, was an important figure in both the development and the implementation of the theory of monetary control, embodied in the Bank Charter Act of 1844. Norman wrote an Autobiography covering his first 54 years, and this provides a remarkable portrait not only of Norman himself but of the social and intellectual network in which he lived. He was an intimate of the Utilitarians, especially George Grote with whom there was ultimately a quarrel which has never been made public before. He was a businessman, at first in the timber trade, in which connection he spent time in Norway, and made the acquaintance of Napoleon's Marshall, Bernadotte, by then King of Sweden and Norway, and then in fire insurance. He also wrote on economic matters, not only on monetary issues but also on trade theory and taxation. The Autobiography, which has survived fire and flood, was rediscovered in the 1960s by D.P. O'Brien who at that time prepared a typescript which has been used by scholars. With the release of this edition, the work is now available for the first time in a fully edited and corrected version. It should be of interest to historians of economic thought, economic historians, and students of nineteenth century intellectual history and society.

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This rare work records a mock trial at the Old Bailey.* The accused, a bookseller, is charged with obscene libel for the sale of a book that advocates the Darwinian hypothesis of "Sexual Selection and Human Marriage".The inspiration for the mock trial was taken from the George Bedborough trial for the sale of Havelock Ellis' "Sexual Inversion" in 1898.

Also contains Judicial scandals and errors by G. Astor Singer.

Democritus is identified as F Raymond Coulson, but was actually George Ferdinand Springmuhl von Weissenfeld.

The book gives the impression that it is published at the Watford University Press, but this too was fictitious.**
**....summary from trademe.co.nz.

*The Central Criminal Court in England, commonly known as the Old Bailey, is a court building in central London, one of a number of buildings housing the Crown Court.The Crown Court sitting at the Central Criminal Court deals with major criminal cases from Greater London and, exceptionally, from other parts of England. It stands on the site of the medieval Newgate Gaol, on Old Bailey, a road which follows the line of the City's fortified wall (or bailey), and gives the court its popular name.It lies between Holborn Circus and St Paul's Cathedral.

PRESS OPINIONS.

The Academy : —

" Mr. Cecil is one who must be reckoned with as a clear thinker, a cogent reasoner, a lucid and accomplished writer. . . . It is impossible, in the space at our disposal, to consider at large Mr. Cecil's criticism of ' Foundations of Belief.'It is a very serious and capable attack which will have to bo reckoned with.Especially damaging is the criticism of Mr. Balfour's theory of authority.That argument can be employed with effect only by one religious body, and it is not that body of which Mr. Balfour is a member."

The New Saturday Review : —

" The book is only one of many evidences of the fact that it is quite time the theologians recognised the real danger of their position, and sent into the lists stronger champions than those we have been writing about.It is little to the credit of the theological leaders that, after first condemning Darwin and vilifying some of his supporters, they should adopt his teaching only to mismisrepresent it, and to make a sophistical use of that misrepresentation.Of what moment are all the questions concerning ecclesiastical tradition and ritual in comparison to the great question of the relation between science and religion which is agitating the minds of those who will be the shapers and formers of the next generation ?

The Literary Guide: —

" Seldom has the Rationalist position been more clearly or more forcibly stated than by Mr. Mortimer Cecil in this book.We confess to having opened the volume with a suspicion that there wasnot much in it;but we were not long in discovering that it was one of such sterling worth as to entitle it to rank with the very best works in the Rationalist library, and that in its author we have a scholar and a thinker of whom any intellectual
movement ought to feel proud.We look forward with hope and confidence to further productions from the same brilliant and trenchant pen."



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A geologist's chapter by chapter critique of Charles Darwin's book. It shows conclusively that Darwin's theory of evolution is not based upon scientific evidence but upon the vivid imaginations manufactured within Darwin's own mind. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark backgrounds and other reproduction issues beyond our control. Because this work is culturally important, we have made it available as a part of our commitment to protecting, preserving and promoting the world's literature. ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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This volume is produced from digital images created through the University of Michigan University Library's large-scale digitization efforts. The Library seeks to preserve the intellectual content of items in a manner that facilitates and promotes a variety of uses. The digital reformatting process results in an electronic version of the original text that can be both accessed online and used to create new print copies. The Library also understands and values the usefulness of print and makes reprints available to the public whenever possible. This book and hundreds of thousands of others can be found in the HathiTrust, an archive of the digitized collections of many great research libraries. For access to the University of Michigan Library's digital collections, please see http://www.lib.umich.edu and for information about the HathiTrust, please visit http://www.hathitrust.org ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more