Excerpt from Erasmus Darwin In the February number, 1879, of a well-kwn German scientific journal, 'Kosmos, ' Dr. Ernst Krause published a sketch of the life of Erasmus Darwin, the author of the 'Zoomia, ' 'Botanic Garden, ' and other works. This article bears the title of a 'Contribution to the history of the Descent-Theory;' and Dr. Krause has kindly allowed my brother Erasmus and myself to have a translation made of it for publication in this country. As I have private materials for adding to the kwledge of Erasmus Darwin's character, I have written a preliminary tice. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art techlogy to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.