, 1879-05-03
LITERATURE.
Prof. Gegenbauer's Work OF Com
parative Anatomy.
Pleading in Civil Actions "A" smok-
ing Song 1.-THE Zola School.
Literary Items---Art and Science Notes..
Anthropometrica1 Measurements
English Historical hedals-Velocity 0
Light-The World in Miniature.


GEGESBAUER'S COMPARATIVE
ANATOMY
French writer has said that "Phiosophica1
o,,t,r, ;e a se;ance a]to.cther French ..Cor
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lhany' IL IS Hue counts a.ooffs 'fcr ea'aas ohen'
Nickel, Spi1, Carus, anu many Others. but the
term science ought not to be accorded to The
,h.o,fee so often arbitrarily nronosed hr thess
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olstlneu's"eu n1eo'
Tie work OF ffof. Geceooauer Il
entitled "Cotnparative Anatoniy,:' but 1t il
coret},;nn more than ei,nn,9 a co,n,x;e,, =,
49, t.~-. go 49, ~ .,'a t So. -
1ne 1oln' sno e1netu'e O 1ne paris o. olAeren'
organisms with each other, and with tlose ol
man. 1t deals also with the fundamental prin
cinles or laws of develonment and Growth and
,a,can,an+1r .,,,,o. ,-;.,,;,, 49,. s.e-.:.:S. -,
eousequeut't eo1Acs "1'h'u u'e oe"n'uoh o.
rhhosopnlca1 anatofns, as that term is used BY
establish rcscmblanccs and differences, but tc
de,ar,n;no Dc f,r &C ->,ss;h,a 49, ,,oa,;,,r ~
t,,ss'. - ,...,F:,s "
.f'oe e11ntaf ~ o4ssseonat patse'-"e 1easoos
Tort MS differentiation. In the study OF this
question the author has conducted his expert.
ments under the direction If what Prof
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ad s.hnth, ,,sa ~ ,,;s f.n,,.ieo >,
T'hr,,,-ta+ ~, hn,,- NJ Id :. .,r;te,t ~ass-, o.,
sutoasuoWG1 W .llS oooA'Anu "1enout !sse1se, lle
uoe'.ane t,,l .. ~ ~ anpsass as 'e
~ tlS n' ~ 'esloleu1 u 1nc oEs ooHes u aua1o'h'cal
@"es aae.a H. r,..s cao.z. Il IT,, ..,-
~ . osuusu W AauA. .t .asn
~ W ~Sonuasae'se auatolle Is nle u'o1 o1pnolosN@n
s,, -; 1 ~. .uS oenottIna ~ h 10y "a ~. n. 7,
Eiau ~ ena ~ -. =. us e.ss
-. puaosop1. FILLS o. ~ ~ a. aesotu eo.s
,"t;n 10 tna,[ -. ~ = 1ha ssosi
- T,,;a - ..d ooapa:t ,;dat1 |ot ~
L, ~ Lus1et, anu esus. as - ,H; M.cs @4onu eue
n'cIods 11 ann deaso1S ttg - 2S.'ertt1 Gu
nu ~ ~, she.i,nataS ", -
*a.; 20 ~ 80 no,d -" ~ .hn a.a. ~
as.s ~ "1s - ~ us "e s set r4nsa
,h .a.a,oo nnS +air ~, ~
a w. nueu @ ta4 - "nu 1sii Ill a,o'
si"t;Gn 1yUn 1o1 srh n ~ ~
seaeutnt: 'a"e: Ane au!uot, uoes "ot atIctnpl to
-. o. o. 'fae o.ne ne assuuaes
u. n eA'ete3ec. nc oeuncs HI u1Sau as part
nleu pIesices nset sotne Iuucuon. as Mollon
oF sensauon' 1ae assocl3io'a oi o1gans con
III ssi.ote an organlsm. a;a ne ine4uees unusr
Inns Letn organism CERTAIN Dodles IN
Which no organs can be individually
separatea, ana assumes 1he existence Of organs
~ 1n' 1tou1 1ne mere 1aee tia1 9ney arc llVan1.
VI the primal impress, or 1orce, u!at gives to
ornte matter the property and phenomena Of lie
NJ says notnanSs but so soon us change or dill
ehce ol environment On the one band the i'm
pacts OF surrounding matter. and on the other
o. "orK on ITS own part; or, as Herbert Spencer
Would say The adjustment OF internal rela-
--@'-
part OF the body Which was formerly like the
resi- and consequently not different from IT,
1i,atls "asndinerent--Daseesin INTO the condition
ot being separate. becomes d'stinsuishable or
u'nelent q rom tne resi-, anu as tils dlneFeatla-
ll'n Is eonnecteo "itn tne a,sis'on OF labor,
III us inucn rs 1t1s condlllonea " u. 1t may oe
1esarae9 as tne proouct OF IT," whether tile
prouueuon Of 1ne io"est iuinp oI n1e-the mi
croseoo'c mass Oh pfosop1asm-ls the result OF
escments of living bodies he DOES NO not cypress cypress
an oNnion, out, concerning ihe production Of !
lollns: ne saws: As TO Tree or spontaneous cell
lot'laloll, SO muen at least Is certain, tat IS
nos Us Sonta'on as WIS once SUPPOSED" leaving
i .1le leaueI @ u oouo1 Muehes, III lne opinion OF
1ag g1 anlnos, ~ ever occurs.
ll!e chapter upon "Organs and ORGANISM"
13 presents me M more 1ecens 1acts anu doctrines
s"uSea n.S e uesesopuent " Issues ana tne
sEslematlc manner An e1ort Is made to deter
nai.e "aaL S may oc caHeo tne peofsree OF the
<a'!t.'.a 1H "o4Ge Ia;c |
r,,s T1aseson aas,ae Auop'eu nas TINS END IN
sa!oco as me ancestors OF TWO groups, Verrnes
~ .a..o ee5nes arc 1ie progenltors
VI noiussa. ptacniopooa eenlnooelmata artcso-
s. Euua' 1nu s.em Ho'n r. "nicn spring the tuni-
~. sa.a iuu teeo1a 9 Inc alshest verteorAtes
y ;trc, ulefe1oFe, inc descendants OF the lowest
10 aof1ms 1 u Me, OF R1as1lus, microscopic masses
ol Asina mattcf- lhls statement OF tie rela- !
tlonshlo OF man with worms closes the general
pa " LIZ VIZ r. 4Ae opeeAhl paft Is olslQeu INTO
secuons devoted TO the consideration in detail
u the comparative structure Of these genera
<ions 2,s. OF l! liie:
The section devoted TO the vertebrates is the
nnost com plete, as to the general student 1t is
!'e most important. In this group the author
1nos heritage derived from ancestral forms.
y these transmitted qualities. in the slow
progrcss OF ages there are being added on the
one hand new adaptations and differcntiations,
ln0 on TIE Cthcr Old forms and |
Sses are 6elng put aside, or rather
~, away Is useless lumber;
rari,v i,rought nnt .1n fo maa ~ .empo
changing tastes and fashions Of the times.
The life~history Of the animal kingdom is like
.iat VI an 1halslonai,-progress from the low,
1issi strnno and ronn1a4 n11a "no Aunc'aoh 10 lne
the final outcome Is something at uhfch +ha
author does not even hint, t,-whether the whole
.u,lnaa .I; Morla IS % 60 on everlastingy strug-
ndi.idno, ia iir,;t ~ leacn, Us Goes me
hen to enter upon process If eratina1 Geath la
This problem. like that OF origin Of life, he
eases to more speculative minds, of Which, for
:rie 2ans,st;nn rs ot'1 =; ~ sonelenI!v 1uil.
ueDt which cannot he nred;c.,sd ~ ~ s'Ise
,lish dress Of many scientific works from the
ier7nan The preface, BY Prof. Lankester,
ootAlus 4CM ctltlclsW6 ana notes that add to