Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-08
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Life It's True Genesis" by R. ". Wright l is book which will attract much attention. One of the marked features of Sir. Wright's
 book Is that 1t really Darrows the whole con troversy between materialistie science and the biblical genesis of life down to single point, and that is, whether man IS to be classed as q
 ''besst of the earth" CT is to occupy the commanding plane on which the latter ''gen- esis'' places him. For, according to the sci entifc genesis, the earth Cor Nature, with D big N) has brought forth every living thing, including man while, according to the Bible genesis, the earth was commanded to bring forth every living thing, except man. The entire controversy, therefore, hinges the question whether man was created "oniy lit tie lower than the angels" or only q little higher than the apes as materialistic science would havs us believe. The order of the Bible genesis is: G. Let the earth bring forth it's vegstatioB. (2) Let the waters of the earth bring forth their specific forms Of life, including tho ''fowl of the air'-just where science claims thsy caRe from. (3.)
 Let the earth bring forth the beasts thereof, and every creeping thing thereon. So far, in the ''true genesis of life," scienes and re- lgion are entirely agreed, even to the exact
 order In which these living forms appeared. The two ''gsneses' go hand in hand together | until man is reached Then materialistie sci ence fares up into the broadest and most l unqualified denial, asserting that man is no Specific creation," but the nearest of kin to the anthropoid ape. There is no 'tgenetic vinculum," the author asserts, that will either drag man down to Ca beast of the earth" or lift the ape to the commanding plans whereon the Bible genesis places the for mer. This throws the burden of proof on mate
 rialistic scisnce the necessity of showing that man has more "aps" than ''apgcr' in him that he is more beastlike than Godlike in his inspirations and aspirations as man.
 Tho formula of life, as laid down by MT. Wright. is based on the eleventh verso of the
 first chapter of Gsnosis, in the three Hebrew
 words translated in the common English yer
 sion, "#hose seed is in itself upon the earth. :"
 This, he claims, doss not msan the seed Of B
 plant or trss, for there had been no plaut or
 tree at the tine the divine command was giv-
 en the earth to bring forth, but the prinordi-
 al germs (germinal principles of life) of every
 living thing that tho earth has produced and
 still produc8s, in obedience to just such 0 lew
 as that implied by the divine com mraud, 'Lst
 the earth bring forth" That the earth is still
 obsying just such a law the author conclusive
 ly shows by iunumsrable physiological facts
 taken from the highest scientific sources.
 Clear away pine forest that has held the
 soil for a thousand years or more, and it
 will be at once superseded by an oak for
 est, although thsre may not be an
 oak tree within fifty miles of the clearing, aud
 has not been an acorn there in thousand
 years. The pine, he says, paves the way, in
 the necessary conditions of soil, fer the oak,
 as the latter frequently paves tue way for the
 beech, and that without the intervention of
 natural seeds. Chemically balance your soil
 for mushrooms" he says, land you will
 have mushrooms create an artificial salt
 marsh, three hundred 8 thousand
 miles from the ssaboard, and all
 the saline forms of our saltmarshes will At oace
 make their appearance in obedience to the
 law governing all vegetal growths in the first instance"
 This is but brief and very impsrfec. out line of the main argument of the work, and
 8 more careful perusal of 1t may induce us to speak more confidently at length of it's merits It is conceded that the views of the author are strikingly original and that he trsvsr5es an entirely new line of thought. Many Of
 our more prominent and competent citizens speak of 1t in the highest terms of praise, and
 all agree that it is ably and scholarly written.
 Oae reviewer says of it, ''that nsterialistic science must answer this book or take back seat" The Brooklyn Eagle congratulates the editorial fraternity that one of ifs veteran members has descended from the ''sanctum' to give ''these scientific fellows" lift in the right drection-that of forcing them to the wall on the qusstion-''whether ths demoral : ized monkey became thsincipient man." Pub.
 Ished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, and for sale in this city by Judd the bookseller