Translated from the German
by W. S. DALLAS, F.L.S.
Assistant Secretary to the Geological Society of London
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLESTREET
1869
Mr. DARWIN'S WORKS
A NATURALIST’S VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD; being a Journal of Researchesinto the Natural History and Geology of Countries visited. Post 8vo. 9shillings.
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES, BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION; or, the Preservationof Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Woodcuts. Post 8vo. 15shillings.
THE VARIOUS CONTRIVANCES BY WHICH BRITISH AND FOREIGN ORCHIDS AREFERTILISED BY INSECTS, and on the Good Effects of Intercrossing. Woodcuts,Post 8vo. 9 shillings.
THE VARIATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS UNDER DOMESTICATION. Illustrations. 2volumes, 8vo. 28 shillings.
My principal reason for undertaking the translation of Dr. Fritz Müller’sadmirable work on the Crustacea, entitled ‘Für Darwin,’was that it was still, although published as long ago as 1864, and highlyesteemed by the author’s scientific countrymen, absolutely unknownto a great number of English naturalists, including some who have occupiedthemselves more or less specially with the subjects of which it treats. Itpossesses a value quite independent of its reference to Darwinism, due tothe number of highly interesting and important facts in the naturalhistory and particularly the developmental history of the Crustacea, whichits distinguished author, himself an unwearied and original investigatorof these matters, has brought together in it. To a considerable section ofEnglish naturalists the tone adopted by the author in speaking of one ofthe greatest of their number will be a source of much gratification.
In granting his permission for the translation of his little book, Dr.Fritz Müller kindly offered to send some emendations and additions tocertain parts of it. His notes included