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Story of the Earth and Man," " Facts and Fancies in Modern 

 Science," " Fossil Men and their Modern Representatives," 

 "Salient Points in the Science of the Earth," "Modern Ideas 

 of Evolution," are some of the more interesting-, of his popular 

 works. The many editions through which these various 

 writings passed, testify to their popularity on both sides of the 

 Atlantic. Throughout the English-spettking world his name was a 

 household word, and a letter of introduction from him was a pass- 

 port in every country in Europe. 



As a Bible expositor, Sir William stood high. He ploughed 

 deep in the books of Holy Writ, and subjected those writings to 

 the same keen critical sense to which he referred other problems 

 in the scientific world, and brought out many hidden truths from 

 the Word of God which had been hitherto obscuie. " Egypt and 

 the Holy Land ; their Geology and Natural Resources," " Eden 

 Lost and Won," "Archaia," "The Mosaic Cosmogony," "Modern 

 Sciertce in Bible Lands," "The Origin of the World According to 

 Revelation and Science," form part of a series of writings of an 

 apologetic character, which in his day Sir William Dawson 

 deemed necessary to combat certain views which were thrust npon 

 the more or less observant and thinking world regarding the 

 origin of man, as well as of other species living upon this planet. 

 These have no doubt played a conspicuous part in establishing the 

 present more or less evident equilibrium which exists in the think- 

 world regarding the relations which exist between our beliefs in 

 religion as well as in science. They are two distinct spheres, and 

 our earnest endeavours ought to be directed towards the perfection 

 of our knowledge in one direction as well as in the other, in order 

 to satisfy these two sides at least of our nature. 



Between four and five hundred titles oi papers bearing 

 directly on the Geology and Palaeontology of Canada and other 

 countries have been gathered together, and it is my purpose to 

 append to this brief sketch of the life-work and history of one of 

 Canada's greatest sons as complete a catalogue of his writings as 

 possible in chronological order. 



His first work wa? published in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1841, 

 while yet a student at the university, and the last of his writings 

 is yet unpublished. 



