SKETCHES OF CREATION; 



A POPULAR VIEW 



OF 



SOME OF THE GRAND CONCLUSIONS OF THE SCIENCES 



IN REFERENCE TO 



THE HISTORY OF MATTER AND OF LIFE, 



TOGETHER WITH 



A STATEMENT OF THE INTIMATIONS OF SCIENCE KESPECTING THE 



PRIMORDIAL CONDITION AND THE ULTIMATE DESTINY 



OF THE EARTH AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 



BY ALEXANDER WINCHELL, LLJD., 



PROFESSOR OF GEOLOGY, ZOOLOGY, AND BOTANY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, 

 AND DIRECTOR OF TIIK BTATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 



Ellustratfous. 



NEW YORK: 



HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, 



FRANKLIN SQUARE. 

 1870. 



