INTRODUCTORY. 



all capable of proof conclusive in the scale of passing 

 action as observed by the simplest of our children. 



The work leaves no query behind or before; all 

 leading questions of value to mankind are answered in 

 a cursory way. The why? whence? and whither? are 

 all answered. The work could have been continued in- 

 definitely, but the author believes that sufficient has 

 been revealed to make the law at the bottom of all clear 

 to any intelligent reader. He has endeavored to make 

 it as plain as possible by leaving out scientific modes of 

 expression wherever possible. 



