THE Lectures are published in the form and order 

 in which they were originally delivered. Nothing 

 would be gained for the general reader by dividing 

 them into chapters. For the' convenience of 

 students and teachers a very full Table of Contents 

 has been prepared, which will materially aid the 

 teacher in recitation, and render frequent reviews 

 easy for the student. It is hoped that while the 

 Lectures present the great outlines of Natural 

 Theology in a form easily understood by all, they 

 will also awaken in the student a love for the study 

 of Nature, and lead him on to independent obser- 

 vation in this most profitable field of human 

 thought. 



