WorJcs by J. W. Dawson — continued. 



III. 



Second Thousand. Croion Svo, cloth. Price 7s. 6d. 



LIFE'S DAWN ON EARTH. 



BEING THE HISTOKY OF THE OLDEST FOSSIL KEMAINb, 

 AND THEIR RELATIONS TO GEOLOGICAL TIME AND TO 

 THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. 



With numerous full-page Engravings and Woodcuts. 



•' The description of this earliest known inhabitant (Eozoon), the 

 way in which it has been preserved during the subsequent geological 

 changes, its affinity with other fossil and extant genera, and its import- 

 ance in the great chain of life, are here treated in a strictly scientific 

 manner, yet with an enthusiasm we can well understand in one who first 

 made this important discovery. Dr. Dawson has wisely relegated to 

 notes special technical points, descriptions, and controversies, and thus 

 rendered the work available for a large class of readers with a minimum 

 of geological knowledge. The book is well illustrated with plates and 

 woodcuts." — Spectator. 



" The tald of this discovery has never been told with anything like the 

 fulness and clearness with which Dr. Dawson has now brought it before 

 the public. Hence the value of the work before us, in which cumulative 

 proofs of the fact which the writer was foremost in proclaiming are 

 brought together in a form intelligible to all readers." — Saturday 

 Review. 



" A most interesting book. We have read the work with interest, we 

 close it with regret. It is a philosophical guide to a consideration of 

 that mysterious problem, ' The Dawn of Life.' " — Athenaum. 



" We will undertake to say that even a reader who is entirely un- 

 acquainted with the science will find this volume not only perfectly 

 intelligible, but entertaining in a high degree." — Daily News. 



*' Dr. Dawson is a vigorous writer, and is thoroughly master of the 

 Bubject he undertakes to discuss. The volume is illustrated by ample 

 and well-executed plates and woodcuts, and we heartily commend the 

 book." — Literary World. 



•' The volume treats the subject to which it relates lucidly and interest- 

 ingly, and the text is amply illustrated by plates and figures." — 

 Standard. 



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