Armytage, H. — Darwin and the Bible
John Ouseley London xii, 380, . . HB. 8vo, orig. cloth, worn, a little marked, split to foot of rear joint. Endpapers foxed, some marginal browning. Good.. Scarce anti-Darwinian work. In the Preface Armytage states, ‘It occurred to us that it would not be a bad idea to look at Darwin’s works and the bible and to endeavour to form our own opinion about them’. Having read <i>The Origin of Species</i> and ‘dipped into’ <i>The Descent of Man</i>, the author provides comparisons with the bible and draws conclusions, noting, ‘No doubt many will consider it a kind of blasphemy in that we have dared to criticise Darwin’..