>i PREFACE. 



reasoning is eminently unsatisfactory. One by one, with 

 cool indifference, he throws overboard, not only Chris- 

 tianity, but also the tried and sure methods of the 

 inductive philosophy of Bacon, which would have sunk 

 his light craft, and along with these the first axioms of 

 logic aiid common sense. 



As a remonstrance against this unwarrantable outrage 

 on religion and philosophy, as well as on true science, 

 the present volume has been penned. The writer has 

 presented his thoughts on the main questions raised by 

 Mr. Darwin in the form of a judicial enquiry, in order 

 thus, more clearly, and in a more lively manner, to put 

 before his readers the important points at issue, and also to 

 bring Mr. Darwin face to face with those well-known 

 and acknowledged principles of investigation which he is 

 only too ready to ignore. 



September 27th, 1871. 



