Abstract
THE book before us falls into three parts. The memoir is followed by twenty-two essays, which for various reasons are not to be included in Bateson's collected scientific papers. Some of these, such as the lecture to the Royal Horticultural Society, which contains the first English account of Mendelism, are mainly of interest from the historical point of view, as illustrating the growth of the science of genetics, and of Bateson's own ideas. Others, in particular his Herbert Spencer lecture on “Biological Fact and the Structure of Society,” contain his views on social problems.
William, Bateson, F.R.S., Naturalist: his Essays and Addresses; together with a Short Account of his Life.
By Beatrice Bateson. Pp. ix + 473 + 4 plates. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1928.) 21s. net.
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H., J. William, Bateson, F.R.S., Naturalist: his Essays and Addresses; together with a Short Account of his Life . Nature 122, 339–340 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1038/122339a0
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