The late President of the Royal Society, Davies Gilbert, 

 Esq. requested the assistance of his Grace the Archbishop 

 of Canterbury and of the Bishop of London, in determining 

 upon the best mode of carrying into effect the intentions of 

 the Testator. Acting with their advice, and with the con- 

 currence of a nobleman immediately connected with the 

 deceased, Mr. Davies Gilbert appointed the following eight 

 gentlemen to write separate Treatises on the different 

 branches of the subject as here stated : 



THE REV. THOMAS CHALMERS, D.D. 



PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN THE UNIVERSITY OP EDINBURGH. 



ON THE POWER, WISDOM, AND GOODNESS OF GOD 



AS MANIFESTED IN THE ADAPTATION 



OF EXTERNAL NATURE TO THE MORAL AND 



INTELLECTUAL CONSTITUTION OF MAN. 



JOHN KIDD, M.D. F.R.S. 



REGIUS PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. 



ON THE ADAPTATION OF EXTERNAL NATURE TO THE 

 PHYSICAL CONDITION OF MAN. 



THE REV. WILLIAM WHEWELL, M. A. F. R. S. 



FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE. 



ASTRONOMY AND GENERAL PHYSICS CONSIDERED WITH 

 REFERENCE TO NATURAL THEOLOGY. 



SIR CHARLES BELL, K.G.H. F.R.S. L. & E. 



THE HAND : ITS MECHANISM AND VITAL ENDOWMENTS 



AS EVINCING DESIGN. 



PETER MARK ROGET, M.D. 



FELLOW OF AND SECRETARY TO THE ROYAL SOCIETY. 



ON ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY 



