Abstract
THE author at the outset of this work tells us he “believes that the process of organic evolution has taken place, but he does not believe that natural selection has been the means by which that result has been brought about.” The object of his work is the attempt to support the latter contention. He does not profess to speak as an expert, or to bring forward any new observations, but chiefly occupies himself with the quotation and criticism of isolated passages from previous writers. He evidently feels a very sincere disbelief in the adequacy of natural selection, and regards himself as compelled by some sort of inspiration to communicate this disbelief to the world.
Nature v. Natural Selection. An Essay on Organic Evolution.
By Charles Clement Coe. Pp. 591. (London: Swan Sonnenschein and Co., 1895.)
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P., E. Nature v Natural Selection An Essay on Organic Evolution. Nature 53, 386–387 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053386a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/053386a0
