Marcus Hartog Introduction and Postscript (1 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. Samuel Butler's scarce book, Unconscious Memory ,contains the author's ideas about evolution. Containing his correspondence with Charles Darwin, it also contains background information about his previous works like Evolution: Old and New. Butler also analyzes Darwin's Origin of Species and discusses Professor's Herring's theory of the unconscious. Samuel Butler's (1835-1902), "Professor Herring" refers to Ewald Hering, a prominent 19th-century German physiologist. Samuel Butler heavily relied on and translated Hering's work to form his own unconventional theories on evolutionary biology. Bound in dark blue cloth with an orange title and author label on the front cover and spine. In original cream paper dust jacket with title and text from book on front cover and titlling to spine. Rear cover has small chips at top and bottom edges revealing blue cloth boards beneath. Inside front cover has bookplate of Charles Hassett. Still a nice copy in very good condition. Science/102226.…