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THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. By Charles Darwin. New York: D. Appleton & Co.

We have received the first volume of Mr. Darwin's celebrated work, which has been read by so many and believed by so few, in which he attempts to prove that the human race is descended from apes and monkeys. We can merely say that the book would be amusing if it were not to tedious and incredible.