This collection of papers is in honour of Julian Huxley, President from 1959 until 1962 of the Eugenics Society, which exists to support research into genetic and social factors of human reproduction with a view to improving problems associated with heredity, human qualities and population.

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The Galton Lecture for 1985 - Julian Huxley, a family view, Sir Andrew Huxley, OM FRS; Julian Huxley and the development of evolutionary studies, John R.Durant; scientific work of Sir Julian Huxley FRS, E.B.Ford, FRS; evolution since Julian Huxley, Bryan C,Clarke FRS; the problem of the palaeontological evidence, T.S.Kemp; Julian Huxley and the rise of modern ethology, R.I.M.Dunbar; size, shape and evolution, Robert D.Martin; the ascent of man, M.H.Day; human geographical variation, G.Ainsworth Harrison; evolution and ethics, Patrick Bateson FRS; the first Director-General of UNESCO, W.H.G.Armytage; Julian Huxley and eugenics, David Hubback; the Galton Lecture for 1962 - eugenics in evolutionary perspective, Sir Julian Huxley FRS.