FOOT-PRINTS OF THE CREATOR; 



OR 



THE ASTEROLEPIS OF STROMNESS. 



BY HUGH MILLER. 



WITH MANY ILLUSTRATIONS. 

 BEOJI THE THIRD LONDON E DITI O N. WI T H A MEMOIR OF THE AUTHOR 



BY LOUIS AGASSIZ. 



" In its purely geological character, the ' Fo9t-prints ' is not surpassed by any modern 

 work of the same class. In this volume, Mr. Miller discusses the development hypothesis, 

 or the hypothesis of natural law, as maintained by Lamarck, and by the author of the 

 4 Vestiges of Creation,' and has subjected it, in its geological aspect, to the most rigorous 

 examination. He lias stripped even of its semblance of truth, and restored to the Creator, 

 as governor of the universe, that power and those functions which he was supposed to have 

 resigned at its birth. * * * The earth has still to surrender mighty secrets, and. great rev- 

 elations are yet to issue from sepulchres of stone. It is from the vaults to which ancient 

 life has been consigned that the history of the dawn of life is to be composed." North 

 British Review. 



* Scientific knowledge equally remarkable for comprehensiveness and accuracy; a style 

 at all times singularly clear, vivid, and powerful, ranging at will, and without effort, from 

 the mo>t natural and graceful simplicity, through the playful, the graphic, and the vigor- 

 ous, to the impressive eloquence of great thoughts greatly expressed; reasoning at once 

 comprehensive in scope, strong in grasp, and pointedly direct in application, these qual- 

 ities combine to render the ' Foot-prints ' one of the most perfect refutations of error, and 

 defences of truth, that ever exact science has produced." Free Church Magazine. 



DR. BUCKLAND, at a meeting of the British Association, said he had never been so much 

 astonished in his life, by the powers of any man. as he had been by the geological descriptions 

 of Mr. Miller. That wonderful man described these objects with a facility -which made him 

 ashamed of the comparative meagreness and poverty of his OAvn descriptions in the ' ' Bridge- 

 water Treatise," which had cost him hours and days of labor. He would give his left hand 

 to possess such powers of description as this man ; and if it pleased Providence to spare his 

 useful life, he, if any one, would certainly render science attractive and popular, and dv.- 

 equal service to theology and geology. 



" The style of this work is most singularly clear and vivid, rising at times to eloquence, 

 and always impressing the reader with the idea that he is brought in contact with greai 

 thoughts. Where it is necessary, there are engravings to illustrate the geological remains. 

 The whole work forms one of the best defences of Truth that science can produce." Albany 

 State Register. 



" The ' Foot-Prints of the Creator ' is not only a good but a great book. All who have 

 read the ' Vestiges of Creation ' should study the ' Foot-Prints of the Creator.' This vol- 

 ume is especially worthy the attention of those who are so fearful of the skeptical tenden- 

 cies of natural science. We expect this volume will meet with a very extensive sale. It 

 should be placed in every Sabbath School Library, and at every Christian fireside." Boston 

 Traveller. 



"Mr. Miller's style is remarkably pleasing; his mode of popularising geological knowl- 

 edge unsurpassed,' perhaps unequalled ; and the deep vein of reverence for Divine Revela- 

 tion pervading all, adds interest and value to the volume." New York Com. Advertiser. 



" The publishers have again covered themselves -with honor, by giving to the American 

 public, with the Author's permission, an elegant reprint of a foreign work of science. 

 We earnestly bespeak for this work a wide and free circulation, among all who love science 

 much and religion more." Puritan Recorder. 



" The book indicates a mind of rare gifts and attainments, and exhibits the workings of 

 poetic genius in admirable harmony with the generalizations of philosophv. It is, withal 

 pervaded by a spirit of devout reverence and child-like humility, such as all men delight to 

 behold in the interpreter of nature. We are persuaded that no intelligent reader will go 

 through the chapters of the author without being instructed and delighted with the views 

 they contain." Providence Journal. 



4i Hugh Miller is a Scotch geologist, who, within a few years, has not only added largely 

 to the facts of science, but has stepped at once among the leading scientific writers of the 

 age, by his wonderfully clear, accurate, and elegant geological works. Mr. Miller, taking 

 the newly-discovered Asterolepis for his text, has produced an answer to the ' Vestiges of 

 Creation,' a work which has been more widely circulated, perhaps, than any other profes- 

 sedly scientific book ever printed. Mr. Miller (and there is no doubt of this) completely 

 upsets his opponent exposing his incompetency, ignorance, and sophistry, with a clear- 

 ness, ease, and elegance that are both astonishing and delightful. Throughout the entire 

 geologic portion, the reasoning is markedly close, shrewd, "and intelligible the facts arc 

 evidently at the finger's end of the author and the most unwilling, cautious, and antago- 

 nistic reader is compelled to yield his thorough assent to the argument. " Boston Post. 



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