, 1880-05-15
LITERATURE AND SCIENCE.
The True Genesis of Life-The
Land and the Book.
eptsties Of Paul-Lite Of st. john
Western Farms and Farming.
The Dial"-Magasines Books Re-
ceivea-Literary Notes.
Luxury and Art-Art Notes Botany
West Of tic lO0tll Mcrldian-
Scientific Notes,
LITERATURE,


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OTIIEH rIEOlOo1CAL works.
There IS no end uf Thinking many hpoks.n
and rs little Is there NIL end Of tlcylslng many
theories. There have been manifold nv.
pothescs proIounlctl in relation to the ortuir,
Of animal and vegetable life and organisms:
md yet there Is always room for one more.
A now scheme las lust l,ee, MT forth by Il.
W. Wright, OF West Cheshire. Conu.. who
combats the old theory tint ali jIfe in tho
world since the Creation Is developed from
seeds or gcr,ns, which lnye been produccd
,, n', m onos ~ sat H. speees
tancors1y developed from water witl,oat 'u my
gerntnal principle. We hnve before us q
volume OF about 800 duo(cc1uo puEcs
written hv th,s author. whlrh IL ,lc-
,.n.a., - IN n.",s,t;n,, n,',, @ato,.o ., ~
so1eu 10 'Me eNposl!lotl a!u, @ ueiehse ~ lle
following proposition: "'fhnt the priinor-
dia1 germs (meaning gernltnnl principles Of
lifel OF ult living things, uun alune executed,
:" s.'s,na'n' ~" s'.o s"..'' .'4t'' t'.'
they severAE1y muke their appearA1lce. each
nfter Its Rin,l, whenever n,,i wherever the
necessary envlroning conditions exist"
c1pieS or life. as distinguished from specific
seeds, we DO mt feel bountt to define. Tho
Milte. eHuc"so,s " " suoW tl,'t tho oept"ussn1
traIsla.loh ,, OF tae Hebrew IS 1nnch more re-
liable Than any of our present copies or tho
iieofeWi au .lle eleFenln 'e1se OIL nenes.s'
xn1,n,1s, ~ ~ ~ oostl. hr,,,t. fnrti, x~,ss
49,, ,,a.,, ,J,.,a,a'. o"at @ ~ s..,t, ', tso
vic,dinr fr',,t nfinr his M tfnG whnso rermt,,ni
Sr;ncios If fe nae IN aaIs estsr a
ttnd. ia mnon tfe enrtt,'u Tins l,c claims tn to
fo,,m', nta nrcni;or dnn,r,ra NJ tho nri,,iv ~
speeIes p "po ta tsacns Of Scripture s'f isis
another Illustration OF the way In which mon
ti,e Dible il, tho support Of utmost every con-
cclyab!e theory; ST. Wright does not seem
ton Of the old Greek version teacllcs spectt-
intivu doctrines relnota from tic apprslieil-
kois Of men in TIC early ages, Willie tic lie
Gus fnct known Il, the WorId In Mi INST ners
lint each snecfcs produces seed correspt1'ltl.
ing 10 lis own Kind, from Which tic sa,lio
SPECIES is continued generation ufter gener,.-
proved BY tic fact tllat tllo c,allgis whici,
freouentiy tnke piace On ij1o rartI, by thu
buriling ri forests, or tic up!.caval Of trees
1y tornadoes, Or other causes, !, aro often fol:
lowsa s.y by nGW Erowths 9 91 1o ainerf,i. q k,ns o.
or we Gf sse " 10 ss se'
~ the new SPECIES afterwards prGtnce.
pothes!s that the Creator originally deposftc!!
on tho eartll's surfnce tho Enr,ntnnl prinel
pie" ",ef all the manifold species that appear
from TING to time When the proper clivir4ll'
" ingenious, and l,as a seeming support IT
facts Of tho world WHICH hnyo hcen often q,
served. But It has. It's ,tlItllcnltles: It is
theory OF spontaneous eeneratlon," wliiel
has been 30 -eifectunlly eonbatetl BY profx
Huxley and Tyntlnll ns Ut least lacking cyl
; dence Us yot 70 establish It. Mr.. Wright
succeeding chapters, Life, Its True Gen
esls"; "AIternatlons Of Forest Growtl!s'n'
"The Distribution anM Vitality. Of Seeds y
distribution and Perinanence Of Species F."
"Wilat Is Ltfep It's Various Tllcorles y
AfnterI0ls1ic Theories OF Life Refuted :"