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First Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling and rubbing to the spine bands and panel edges. Foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xv, 528 p. : illus., plates (2 fold.) map. diagrs. ; 22 cm. Notes; Bibliography at end of each chapter. Contributions by F.O. Bowes, J.H. Jeans, H. Jeffreys, E.W. Macbride, W. McDougall, C.L. Morgan, M.S. Pembrey, A. Robb, G.E. Smith, F. Soddy, A.E. Taylor, W.W. Watts, J.M. Wilson. Contents; I. Cosmogony, by James H. Jeans.--II. The evolution of the earth as a planet, by Harold Jeffreys.--III. Geology, by William W. Watts.--IV. Biology, by Conway Lloyd Morgan.--V. Botany, by Frederick O. Bower.--VI. Zoology, by Ernest W. MacBride.--VII. Physiology, by Marcus S. Pembrey.--VIII. Anthropology, by G. Elliot Smith.--IX. Mental evolution, by William M'Dougall.--X. Physics and chemistry, by Frederick Soddy.--XI. Time and space, by Alfred A. Robb.--XII. Philosophy, by A.E. Taylor.--XIII. The religious effect of the idea of evolution, by the Rev. James Maurice Wilson. Subjects; Evolution (Biology). Evolution (Biology) ; Bibliography. Biological Evolution. Evolution Religious aspects Christianity. Religion and science. Geology. Philosophy. Physics. Chemistry. Anthropology. Physiology. Mental Evolution. Zoology. 1 Kg.…