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WE are not familiar with the name of Dr. Henri Daudin, of Bordeaux, as a working biologist, but however that may be, he has, in the above treatise, produced a history of modern biology which it would be inexcusable to overlook. His original intention was to discuss the historical aspects of the works of Darwin and the evolutionary school, but he has instead traced the development of systematic biology during the immediate preevolutionary period, and has hence preferred to devote his attention to causes rather than to effects.
(1) De Linné à Jussieu: Méthodes de la classification et idée de série en botanique et en zoologie (1740-1790).
Par Dr. Henri Daudin. (études d'histoire des sciences naturelles, 1.) Pp. v + 264. (Paris: Félix Alcan, n.d.) 20 francs.
(2) Cuvier et Lamarck: Les classes zoologiques et l'idée de série animale (1790-1830).
Par Dr. Henri Daudin. (études d'histoire des sciences naturelles, 2.) 2 vols. Vol. 1. Pp. xvii + 460. Vol. 2. Pp. 338. (Paris: Félix Alcan, 1926.) 60 francs.
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(1) De Linné à Jussieu: Méthodes de la classification et idée de série en botanique et en zoologie (1740-1790) (2) Cuvier et Lamarck: Les classes zoologiques et l'idée de série animale (1790-1830). Nature 121, 85–86 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/121085a0
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