Part 1 — INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Ability, inheritance of, 114

“Acquired characters,” defined, 111

Acquired characters, Lamarckian theory of the transmission of, 283

—— progress, 262

—— ——, dangers of, 265

—— —— versus natural selection, 266

Acquirements, transmission of, by the art of writing, 261

—— versus inborn characters, 101

Acromegaly, 67

“Adam Bede”, 298

“Adolescence,” by Prof. Stanley Hall, 318

Alcohol, a racial poison, 211, 259

——, an agent of selection, 206

—— and eugenics, 206

——, and heredity, 206

—— and human degeneration, 242

—— and parenthood, 241

——, effects of, on the racial organs, 208, 209 (note)

——, elimination by, 206

——, the friends of, 243

—— trade, the, and widows and orphans, 245

“Alcohol and Infancy,” by Dr. Saleeby, 214

“Alcohol and the Human Body,” by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge, 319

Alcoholic Imperialism, 244

Alcoholism and the London County Council, 206

——, both a cause and a symptom of degeneracy, 217

——, parental, its influence on the offspring, 211

“Alcoholism, a Chapter in Social Pathology,” by Dr. W. C. Sullivan, 211, 242, 319

“Alcoholism, a Study in Heredity,” by G. Archdall Reid, 319

Ancestral inheritance, the law of, xiv

Ancestry of men of genius, 152

——, paternal and maternal, of equal importance, 152

Animal life and monogamy, 163

—— marriage, 162

Animals and promiscuity, 163

——, the higher, and monogamy, 163

Army, inferior intelligence of the, to that of the Navy, 98

“Atavism,” defined, 111

“Attic Nights, The,” of Aulus Gellius, 271 (note)

Australia, control of drunkards in, 242

“Autobiography” of Herbert Spencer, 58, 152

“Avariés, Les,” by Brieux, 252

Bacteria, domination of, 93

——, rate of increase of, 160

Bibliography of eugenics, 305

—— of racial poisons, 318

—— of transmissible diseases, 318

Biography, as a guide to heredity, 152

——, neglect of ancestral data in, 152

“Biology and History,” by Dr. Saleeby, 254 (note)

“Biology, The Principles of,” by Herbert Spencer, 312

Biometrics, the study of, xiii

Birth-rate, falling, eugenic aspect of the, 10

—— in China, 78

—— in Japan, 78

—— of man, 72

——, statistics of, 74

Births, ratio of, of the sexes, 294

“Black Stain, The,” by G. R. Sims, 237, 319

Body, the necessity of the, 53

——, relation of the, to the mind, 52

Brains, breeding for, 54

Breeding for brains, 54

—— for energy, 66

—— for intelligence, 147, 150, 153

—— for motherhood, 145, 146

Celibacy, non-eugenic results of, 116

Census, the uselessness of the, 6, 94

“Century Dictionary, The,” on eugenics, 314

Characters, inborn, versus acquirements, 101

Child-birth, superstition about, 106

Children, eugenics and cruelty to, 295

——, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to, 295

“Children of the Nation, The,” by Sir John Gorst, 319

China, the birth-rate in, 78

——, racial state of, 274

Church, non-eugenic action of the, 116

Civic worth, 68

Civilisation, ideal, 117

Civilisations, the decay of, 255

Cocaine, the racial influence of, 250

“Collectivism, Individualism and,” by Dr. Saleeby, 101 (note)

Colour-blindness, see Daltonism

Conception, attitude of eugenics before and after, 30

“Congenital” defined, 105, 112

“Conscientiousness”, 117

Crime, eugenics and, 177

——, theories of, 177

——, treatment of, 178

Criminality and civic worth, 68

“Cry of the Children, The,” by G. R. Sims, 237, 319

Daltonism and heredity, 179

“Dark ages,” caused by the celibacy of the fittest, 116

“Darwinism To-day,” by Vernon L. Kellogg, 312

“Data of Ethics, The,” by Spencer, 302 (note)

Deaf-mutism and heredity, 173

Death-rate, a low, the cause of the multiplication of man, 73

——, influence of density of population on the, 75

——, limitation of the, 78

——, statistics of the, 74

Decadence, National, 279

“Decadence,” by A. J. Balfour, 279

“Degeneration,” defined, 25 (note)

Degeneration, human, and alcohol, 217, 242

——, racial, 49

“Descent of Man, The,” by Charles Darwin, 171, 191, 197, 279, 311

“Deterioration,” defined, 25 (note)

Diminution of offspring, the eugenic value of, 162

Disease, latency of, 108

Diseases, transmissible, bibliography of, 318

“Diseases of Occupation,” by Sir Thomas Oliver, 247 (note), 319

“Diseases of Society: The Vice and Crime Problem,” by G. K. Lydston, 318

Domestics, the politics of the future, 33, 285

“Drink Problem, The,” by Fourteen Medical Authorities, 319

“Drink Problem, The,” by Mrs. Scharlieb, 214

Drunkard, influence of the, on the race, 241

——, marriage and parentage of the, 220, 235

——, the habitual, control of, in various countries, 242

——, ——, treatment of, by the London County Council, 39 (note), 220–238

Drunkenness, habitual, imprisonment as a treatment for, 218

——, increase of, 218

Early Notification of Births Act, 33

“Economic Classics”, 312

Education, age at which to begin, 125

—— and heredity, 128

—— and inequality, 131

—— and race culture, 120

——, eugenic, 139

—— for parenthood, xii, 138

——, higher, of woman, non-eugenic effects of, xiii, 89

—— in the principle of selection, 137

——, modern, the destruction of mind, 120

——, sexual, of children, 139

——, ——, of girls, 318

——, the limits of, 123

——, the provision of an environment, 12, 125

——, the real functions of, 136

“Education,” by Herbert Spencer, 317

Elephant, birth-rate of the, 72 (note)

Emigration, the eugenic evils of, xi

——, a remedy for over-population, 84

Energetic cost of reproduction, the, 87

Energy, breeding for, 66

——, eugenic value of, 291

Environment, education the provision of, 12, 125

——, effects of, 103

——, good, defined, 275

—— and heredity, 126

——, of motherhood, the, 270

Epilepsy, eugenics and, 176

Erect attitude, the, 55

“Essential Factor of Progress, The,” by Dr. Saleeby, 262

Eugenic sense, the creation of a, 144

Eugenics and alcohol, 206

——, bibliography of, 305

—— and conception, 30

—— and crime, 177

—— and cruelty to children, 295

—— and Daltonism, 179

—— and hæmophilia, 179

—— and insanity, 175

——, defined, viii, 315

——, epilepsy and, 176

——, feeble-minded, the, and, 174

——, higher education of woman, and, 89

—— in Germany, 154

——, infant mortality, and, 20

——, international, xi

——, Nietzscheanism and, 28

——, politics and, 118

——, positive and negative, 172

——, present influence of, on marriage, 187

——, religion and, 303

——, the aims of, summarized, 276, 309

——, the classes of society and, 119

——, the length of marriage engagements and, 198

——, the morality of, 303

——, tuberculosis and, 178

——, unemployment and, 293

——, woman and, 294

Eugenics Education Society, the, 222, 229, 230, 299

—— —— ——, the history and objects of, 139

—— —— ——, the Inebriates Committee and, 240

—— —— ——, the reform of drunkards and, 241

“Eugenics as a Factor in Religion,” by F. Galton, 315

“Eugenics, Its Definition, Scope, and Aims,” by F. Galton, 314

“Eugenics, National, Studies in,” by F. Galton, 315

“Eugenics, National, The Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of,” by Karl Pearson, 315

“Eugenics, Probability the Foundation of,” by F. Galton, 315

“Eugenics, The Obstacles to,” by Dr. Saleeby, 175 (note)

Evolution and progress, 48

——, introduction of the term, 48 (note)

“Evolution of Marriage, The,” by Prof. Letourneau, 312

“Evolution of Sex, The,” by Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson, 312

“Evolution, the Master Key,” by Dr. Saleeby, 147

“Evolution Theory, The,” by August Weismann, 311

Examinations, mental emetics, 121

“Family, The,” by Mrs. Elsie Clews Parsons, 161, 314

Fatherhood, eugenic, importance of, 154

——, individual, 156

Feeble-minded, eugenics and the, 174

——, the London County Council and the, 229

——, the Royal Commission on the, 215, 242

“Fittest,” defined, 43

France, effect of Napoleonic wars on, 284

——, increase of population in, 76

Francis Galton Eugenics Laboratory, the, 315

“French Revolution, The,” by Carlyle, 254 (note)

Fulmar petrel, the multiplication of the, 73 (note)

Generation, the independence of every, 3

Genesis, individuation and, 87

“Genetics, the Methods and Scope of,” by Prof. W. Bateson, 306

Genius, infertility of, 287, 92

——, the production of, 289

——, the transmission of, 289

——, the value of, to the world, 291

“Genius, British, A Study of,” by Havelock Ellis, 308

“Genius, Hereditary,” by F. Galton, see Hereditary Genius

Germany, eugenics in, 158

——, increase of population in, 76, 77

“Germinal,” defined, 110

Germ-plasm, immortality of the, 256

“Germ-plasm, A Theory of Heredity, The,” by August Weismann, 208, 311

Girls, the sexual education of, 318

Great Britain, increase of population in, 76

Greece, the fall of, 260

Gymnasium versus playing fields, 63

Hæmophilia and heredity, 179

Hampstead, birth-rate of, the lowest in London, 78

“Health, Strength and Happiness,” by Dr. Saleeby, 119 (note)

“Hereditary Genius,” by F. Galton, 107, 114, 289, 302 (note), 307, 308

Heredity, alcohol and, 206

——, biography a guide to, 152

——, Daltonism and, 179

——, deaf-mutism and, 173

——, education and, 128

——, environment and, 126, 269

——, hæmophilia and, 179

——, obscured by acquired characters, 99

——, race culture and, 99

——, tuberculosis and, 179

“Heredity,” by Prof. J. A. Thomson, 99, 305

“Heredity and Environic Forces,” Dr. T. D. MacDougal on, 212

“Heredity and Selection in Sociology,” by George Chatterton-Hill, 311

“Heredity, Alcoholism, A Study in,” by G. Archdall Reid, 319

“Heredity, The Germ-Plasm, A Theory of,” by August Weismann, 311

“Heredity, The Principles of,” by G. Archdall Reid, 311

“History,” defined, 254

“History of Human Marriage, The,” by E., Westermarck, 312

“History of Matrimonial Institutions, A,” by G. E. Howard, 312

“Human Breed, The Possible Improvement of the, etc.,” by F. Galton, 314

“Human Faculty, Inquiries into,” by F. Galton, 308

Humanitarianism, indiscriminate, 27

Hygiene, individual and racial, 253

——, school, 65

“Hygiene of Mind, The,” by T. S. Clouston, 319

“Hygiene of Nerves and Mind,” by August Forel, 242, 319

Imperialism, alcoholic, 244

——, the old and the new, 33, 34

India as a wheat-producing country, 80

Individual versus race, 256

“Individualism and Collectivism,” by Dr. Saleeby, 101 (note)

Individuation and genesis, 87

Inebriates, see Drunkards

—— Act, the, 222, 224, 225, 230

—— ——, reports of the inspector under, 319

—— Committee, the Report of the, 239

Inebriety, see Drunkenness

“Inebriety, Its Causation and Control,” by R. Welsh Branthwaite, 319

Infancy, helplessness of, 3, 147, 148

——, the mind of, 124

——, the, of slum children, 102

“Infancy, Alcohol and,” by Dr. Saleeby, 214

Infant mortality, 19, 97, 104, 150, 207, 257, 294

—— —— among the Jews, 274

—— ——, eugenics and, 20, 29, 31

—— ——, first public mention of, 33

—— —— in the east, 76

—— ——, polygamy and, 166

—— ——, reports of the 1908 conference on, 320

—— ——, the war against, 21

“Infant Mortality,” by Dr. George Newman, 86, 319

“Inherent,” defined, 109

Inheritance, pecuniary, non-eugenic influence of, 101

——, see Heredity

“Inquiries into Human Faculty,” by F. Galton, 92, 128, 290, 308

Inquisition, anti-eugenic effects of the, 267

Insanity, “breach of promise” and, 202

——, eugenics and, 175

——, increase of, 176

Instinct, plasticity of, 148, 149

Intelligence, breeding for, 147, 150, 153

——, the creation of, 149

——, nature and, 40

“Intensity of life,” the, 91

“Janus in Modern Life,” by Prof. Flinders Petrie, 22

Japan, birth-rate in, 78

——, the racial development of, 268

Jews, the, alcohol and, 275

—— motherhood and, 274

——, the survival of, 272

“Kingdom of Man, The,” by Sir E. Ray Lankester, 41 (note)

Lamarckian theory of heredity, the, 134, 135, 208, 283

—— —— of racial degeneration, 258, 261

Lead, a racial poison, 247

“Leviathan,” by Hobbes, 106 (note)

Licensing Bill of 1908, the, 223, 232–237

Life, the continuity of, 2

London County Council, alcoholism and, 206

—— —— ——, feeble-minded children and, 229

—— —— ——, the treatment of inebriates by, 39 (note), 220–238

—— Hospital, gift to, 11 (note)

Longevity, marriage and, 191

Love, eugenic value of, 70

——, motherhood and, 152

——, survival value of, 51

——, the two stages of, 186

“Making of Character, The,” by Prof. MacCunn, 124

Malaria, a racial poison, 260

“Malaria, A Neglected Factor in the History of Greece and Rome,” by W. H. S. Jones, 260, 282, 319

Man, the denudation and defencelessness of, 58

——, the foundation of Empire, 262

——, the future of, 299

——, the latest product of evolution, 55

——, the multiplication of, 71

“Man and Woman,” by Havelock Ellis, 318

Marriage, animal, 162

——, average age at, 90

——, breach of promise of, and race culture, 201

——, —— ——, the law of, 202

——, childless, 168

——, contemporary, eugenic value of, 198

——, control of, 184, 186

——, defined, 170

——, engagement of, eugenics and the length of, 198

——, eugenic, 309

——, ——, preparation for, 144

——, ——, utility of, 162, 163, 168

——, happiness in, extent of, 195

——, human, 164

——, inter-racial, xi

——, longevity and, 191

——, “mixed” games and, 196, 197

—— of cousins, xii, 168

—— of the deaf and dumb, 173

——, present influence of, on eugenics, 187

——, procreation, the paramount function of, 158

——, selection for, 189

——, ——, by woman, 194

——, socialism and, 198

——, survival-value of, 164

—— systems, English and French, 199

——, the ball-room and, 196, 197

——, the field of choice in, 195

——, the Income Tax and, 174

——, the, of inebriates, 235

——, the sanctity of, 313

——, unselfish, 144

“Marriage, Human, The History of,” by E., Westermarck, 312

“Marriage, Restrictions in,” by F. Galton, 185, 204, 315

“Marriage, The Evolution of,” by Prof. Letourneau, 312

Married women's labour, 270

“Mass versus mind”, 95

Maternal care, development of, 150

—— impressions, 111

Maternalism, the principle of, 169

Maternity, see Motherhood

“Matrimonial Institutions, A History of,” by G. E. Howard, 312

“Memories of my Life,” by F. Galton, vii, 308

Mendelism, 108, 118, 293

“Methods and Scope of Genetics, The,” by Prof. W. Bateson, 306

Mind, selection of, 52

——, the ascent of, 300

——, the determinator of leadership, 59

——, the master in war, 97

——, the relation of, to the body, 52

—— versus mass, 95

—— —— muscle, 65

“Mind, The Hygiene of,” by T. S. Clouston, 319

“Mind, Hygiene of Nerves and,” by August Forel, 319

Monogamy, eugenic value of, 165, 170

——, survival-value of, 166

—— the ideal condition, 150

—— the rule among higher animals, 163

Morality, survival-value of, 51

Morphinomania, parental, its influence on the offspring, 212

Motherhood, 169

—— and love, 152

——, breeding for, 145, 146

—— carried on by unskilled labour, 151

—— during the decline of Rome, 270, 271 (note)

——, education for, 151

——, history and, 269

——, Jewish, 274

——, psychical, 151, 153

——, the elevation of, 32

——, the environment provided by, 269

——, the evolution of, 149

——, the safeguarding of, 170

——, the subsidisation of, 151

Mothers, school for, 151

Multiplication of man, a low death-rate the cause of, 73

—— ——, the laws of, 86

—— ——, the rate of, 90

—— of the unfit, 189, 279

“Munera Pulveris,” by John Ruskin, 302 (note), 320

Muscle, right training of, 62

——, the cult of, 60

—— versus Mind, 65

Muscles, useless, 61

Narcotics, irritant and non-irritant, 251

——, possible racial influence of, 250

“National Life from the Standpoint of Science,” by Karl Pearson, 279, 315

“Natural Inheritance,” by F. Galton, 308

Natural selection, 35 et seq.

—— —— and racial degeneration, 260

—— —— versus acquired progress, 266

Nature, the cruelty of, 38

“Nature,” defined, 110

“Nature of Man, The,” by Metchinkoff, 90

Navy, superior intelligence of the, to that of the Army, 98

“Nemesis of Nations, The,” by W. R. Paterson, 281

New Zealand, control of drunkards in, 242

Nicotine, racial influence of, 251

Nietzscheanism, eugenics and, 28

Nitrogen, the fixation of, 81

“Noteworthy Families”, 114 (note)

“Nurture,” defined, 110

“Obstacles to Eugenics, The,” by Dr. Saleeby, 175 (note)

Opinion, individual, power of, 138

——, public, the education of, 14, 15

——, the creation of, 138

Opium, possible racial influence of, 251

“Ordeal of Richard Feverel, The,” by George Meredith, 112 (note)

“Origin of Species, The,” by Charles Darwin, vii, 73 (note), 311

“Origin of Vertebrates, The,” by Dr. W. H. Gaskell, 50 (note)

Overcrowding, 20

—— and tuberculosis, 181

—— and unemployment, 293

Parenthood, alcohol and, 241

——, classification of society for, 104 (note)

——, education for, xii, 138

——, eugenic power of, 199

—— of inebriates, 220

——, selection for, vii, viii

——, the elevation of, 293, 294

——, the link of life, 3

——, the most desirable, 91

——, the rise of, 161

——, the sanctity of, 138

Parents, selection of, 4

——, proportion of, to population, 4

Paris, hospitals in, 247

Physique, eugenic, importance of, 69

Playing fields versus gymnasia, 63

Politics, defined, 286

——, domestics the future, 33, 285

——, eugenics and, 118

“Politics,” Aristotle's, 167

Polygamy and infant mortality, 166

——, significance of, 165

Population, density of, influence of the, on the death rate, 75

——, increase of, and the food supply, 79

——, ——, emigration a remedy for, 84

——, ——, safe extent of, 93

——, ——, statistics of, 75, 76

——, quantity versus quality of, 93

——, starvation a controller of, 84

——, statistics of, as data for prophecy, 93

——, survival-value of, 90, 91

——, the test of, 95

“Population and Progress,” by Montague Crackanthorpe, 315

“Population, The Principles of,” by T. R. Malthus, 83, 85, 312

“Possible Improvement of the Human Breed, etc.,” by F. Galton, 314

Posterity, our duty to, 10

“Poverty and Hereditary Genius,” by Constable, 308

Prevention of Crimes Act, The, 179 (note)

“Prevention of Tuberculosis, The,” by Dr. A. Newsholme, 319

“Principles of Biology, The,” by Herbert Spencer, 86, 312

“Principles of Heredity, The,” by G. Archdall Reid, 311

“Principles of Population, The,” by T. R. Malthus, see “Population, The Principles of”

“Probability, the Foundation of Eugenics,” by F. Galton, 315

Progress, acquired, see Acquired progress

—— defined, 50, 303

——, evolution and, 48

—— of achievement, and of the race, 4

——, racial and acquired, 262

“Progress, Population and,” by Montague Crackanthorpe, 315

Promiscuity among animals, 163

Public opinion, education of, 14, 15

Quality versus quantity, 293

Race, immortality of, 256

—— versus individual, 256

Race-culture and human variety, 297

——, education and, 120

——, socialism and, 133

——, the promise of, 287

“Race-Culture or Race Suicide,” by R. R. Rentoul, 316

“Race Prejudice,” by Jean Finot, 318

Racial degeneration and natural selection, 260

—— ——, cause of, 263

—— ——, the Lamarckian theory of, 258, 263

—— instinct, education of the, xii

—— poisons, the, x, 246

—— —— and decadence, 259

—— ——, bibliography of, 318

“Racial poisons,” introduction of the term, 205

“Racial Hygiene or Negative Eugenics,” by Dr. Saleeby, 205

Racial senility, the fallacy of, 256

“Reformatory,” the word, 238

Regression towards mediocrity, the law of, 288

Religion, eugenics and, 303

——, the survival-value of, 303

“Religion, Eugenics as a Factor in,” by F. Galton, 315

Religious persecution, non-eugenic results of, 116, 264

Reproduction, the cost of, in energy, 87

“Republic, The,” of Plato, 166, 313

“Restrictions in Marriage,” by F. Galton, 185, 204, 315

Reversed selection, 265

—— ——, the final cause of racial decay, 264, 266

—— ——, war a cause of, 284

“Reversion,” defined, 111

Rome, the decline of, 281

——, motherhood during the decline of, 270

Russia, increase of population in, 76

—— as a wheat-producing country, 80, 81

“School hygiene”, 65

“Scope and Importance to the State of the Science of National Eugenics, The,” by Karl Pearson, 315

Selection, alcohol an agent in, 206

—— and racial change, 260

—— by marriage, 189

—— for parentage, vii, viii

——, natural, see Natural Selection

—— of mind, 52

—— of woman, for marriage, 189

——, reversed, see Reversed Selection

——, sexual, 67, 190, 197, 202

——, the principle of, education in, 137

“Sex and Society,” by W. I. Thomas, 317

“Sex, The Evolution of,” by Patrick Geddes and J. Arthur Thomson, 312

“Sexual Choice”, 314

Sexual education of children, 139

—— —— of girls, 318

—— selection, 67, 190, 197, 202

“Sexual Selection in Man,” by Havelock Ellis, 202

“Sexuel Frage, Die” (The Sexual Question), by August Forel, 130, 242, 253, 320

Siegfried, the story of, 304

“Social Psychology,” by Dr. McDougall, 117

Socialism and education, 129, 130, 132

—— and marriage, 198

—— and race-culture, 133

—— and selection for marriage, 194

Society, the classification of, and eugenics, 119

——, classification of, for parenthood, 104 (note)

“Society, The Diseases of,” by G. F. Lydston, 318

“Society, Sex and,” by W. I. Thomas, 317

“Sociological Papers”, 41, 114 (note), 185 (note), 279, 289, 314, 315

Sociological Society, the, 275

“Sociology, Heredity and Selection in,” by G. Chatterton-Hill, 311

“Sociology, The Study of,” by Herbert Spencer, 317

Soldiers, mistaken muscular training of, 63

Spain, the racial condition of, 267, 268

“Spontaneous,” defined, 215

Starvation as a controller of population, 84

——, extent of, in England, 82

Stepney, birth-rate of, the highest in London, 78

Sterilization of mental and physical degenerates, 316

Strength versus skill, 62

“Struggle for existence,” the, 42, 83, 280

“Studies in National Eugenics,” by F. Galton, 315

“Studies in the Psychology of Sex”, 202

“Study of British Genius, A,” by Havelock Ellis, 308

“Study of Sociology, The,” by Herbert Spencer, 192, 317

“Survival of the fittest,” the, 43, 49

Survival-value, 46

—— of love, 51

—— of monogamy, 51

—— of population, 90, 91

—— of religion, the, 303

—— of the tape-worm, 47

——, physical versus psychical, 50

“Survival-Value of Religion, The,” by Dr. Saleeby, 303

Syphilis, a racial poison, 252

“Syphilology and Venereal Diseases,” by Dr. C. F. Marshall, 253

Talent, the production of, 290

Tape-worm, survival value of the, 47

Tasmanians, racial disappearance of the, 257

Taubach, the Driftmen of, 59

Temperance legislation, the failure of, 236

“Time and Tide,” by John Ruskin, 96, 131, 254 (note), 296, 320

Tobacco and the race, 257

——, influence of, on pregnancy, 252

Tuberculosis, eugenics and, 179

——, heredity and, 180

——, overcrowding and, 181

——, racial extermination by, 260

“Tuberculosis, The Prevention of,” by A. Newsholme, 319

Unemployment, eugenics and, 293

——, overcrowding and, 293

United States, control of drunkards in the, 242

—— ——, higher education of woman in the, 89

—— ——, increase of population in the, 76

—— ——, the, a wheat-producing country, 80, 81

“Unto this Last,” by John Ruskin, 320

Variation, 297

“Variation, Heredity and Evolution,” by R. H. Lock, 311

“Variations in Animals and Plants,” by H. M. Vernon, 311

Vertebrates, evolution of the, 55

Vital economy, the principle of, 17, 19

War, a cause of reversed selection, 284

——, mind the master in, 97

Wealth, Ruskin's definition of, 17

“Westminster Gazette, The,” on the population and the food supply, 79

Wheat, improvement in, 82

—— problem, the, 79

“Wheat Problem, The,” by Sir William Crookes, 80

Wheat, Prof. Biffen's, 109

Whiskey, defined, 232

“Widows and Orphans,” and the alcohol trade, 245

Woman and eugenics, 193, 294

——, employment of, 294

——, the higher education of, non-eugenic effects of, 89

Women, married, and labour, 270

——, secret drinking by, 232

——, selection for marriage by, 194

Work, the eugenic necessity of, 264

Writing, the art of, as a means of transmission, 261

“Yellow Peril,” the, 78, 269

“Youth, its Education, Regimen and Hygiene,” by Stanley Hall, 318