Darwinism and Design; Or, Creation by Evolution

Joints rubbed. 20mm split to cloth in front joint, and 50mm split to cloth in rear joint. Split to gutter between gatherings at pages 112 and 113.; xii, 259, [1 (blank)] pages. Page "259" is misprinted as "359".Green cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine. Page dimensions: 190 x 121mm. Contents: The Wisdom and Beneficence of the Almighty Admit or Proof and Illustration; Evolution in General; The Living Things of the Present and the Past; The Theory of the Evolution of Living Things; Evolution the Method of Creation; The Wisdom of the Almighty Seen in Evolution; The Beneficence of the Almighty Seen in Evolution; Moral Aspects of Evolution. "It is being assumed by our scientific guides that the Design argument has been driven out of the field by the Doctrine of Evolution. It seems to be thought by our theological teachers that the best defence of the faith is to deny Evolution in toto, and denounce it as antibiblical. My volume endeavours to show that if Evolution be true all is not lost, but on the contrary something is gained; the Design argument remains unshaken, and the Wisdom and Beneficence of God receive new illustration." - from the Preface. "Darwinism and Design; Or, Creation by Evolution is a 1873 book by George St. Clair that advocates theistic evolution. The author argues that the argument from design is compatible with Darwin's theory of evolution. The books maintains that evolution is the method of creation." - Wikipedia entry on "Darwinism and Design", accessed July 2024.…