Darwinism and Lamarckism. By F. W. Hutton, F.R.S. (Deek- worth
and Co. 3s. 6d. net.)—We cannot do more than indiesze the position which Mr. Hutton takes up in these lectures. :in thinks that Darwinism has been corrupted by its later pie - fessors; and ho is careful to explain its limitations. Mimi. important of all, he is convinced that the theory of evolution is not hostile to religion. What distinguishes man from the lower animas is not intellect, but the moral and religious nature. We need not have recourse to sophistry to prove that the lower animals do not possess reason; the really important thing is, what no one would deny, that they do not possess an ethical and religious nature. "The two highest truths we know "—this is how Mr. Hutton sums up the whole matter—" the existence of one God, and that death is but a step from one kind of life to another, were arrived at by the use of our emotional and moral
faculties We can now show reasons for believing in them which will carry more conviction to the educated mind than
did the old intuitions and instincts this will be the out- come of the theory of evolution."
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