The Beginnings of Life

Abstract

ON reading a review of my recently-published work, “The Beginnings of Life,” in the last number of the Academy, written by Mr. H. N. Moseley, I could not help feeling considerable surprise at many of the statements which it contained. That such apparent ignorance of the facts should have been shown, and that such an inadequate statement of the case should have been made by a distinguished pupil of Prof. Rolleston, I was not prepared to expect. My first resolution was to pay as little attention to the statements of the reviewer as they seemed to deserve. It has, however, been strongly represented to me by friends whose opinion I value that some of the statements ought not to be allowed to pass without comment or contradiction.