PEEFACE TO VOL. XVIII. 



are appended to the paper^ and are followed by a short, 

 carefully-compiled essay on "Krishna/^ Mr. W. St. Chad 

 BoscAWEN, on " the Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Era of the 

 Jewish Captivity.^' Mr. Eenest A. Budge^ M.A., of the 

 British Museum, on ^^Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, 

 based on recently-discovered inscriptions of this King.'' 

 Sir J. William Dawson, K.C.M.G. F.R.S., on "Prehis- 

 toric Man in Egypt and the Lebanon,*' giving the results 

 of explorations carried out in those countries during the 

 winter and spring of 1884. The discussion thereon con- 

 tains remarks by Sir H. Bakkly, G.C.M.G. K.C.B. F.R.S., 

 Professors T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., W. Waeington Smyth, 

 F.R.S., and T. Wiltshire, F.L.S. F.R.A.S. F.G.S., Mr. 

 S. R. Pattison, F.G.S., and Dr. Rae, F.R.S.; supple- 

 mented by Professor W. Boyd Dawkins', F.R.S., report 

 upon the teeth, bones, and flint implements discovered by 

 the author of the paper. Mr. W. P. James, on '' Pessimism "; 

 the Rev. Canon Saumaeez Smith, D.D., adding a commu- 

 nication thereon. The Rev. J. Magens Mello, M.A. 

 F.G.S., on ''the Prehistoric Factory of Flint Implements at 

 Spiennes." Mr. S. R. Pattison, F.G.S., on " the Evolution 

 of the Pearly Nautilus," contesting the hypothesis '' that 

 all the differences between life-forms, ancient and modern, 

 have arisen from time to time by virtue of ' inherent pro- 

 perties.' " This volume also contains the last paper written 

 by the late Lord O'Neill, giving a clear description of 

 the objections raised against Christianity by one whose 

 admirers claim for him the title of leader of Modern Philo- 

 sophy. The Rev. J. L. Poetee, D.D. LL.D,, President of 

 Queen's College, Belfast, a timely paper entitled " The 

 Teaching of Science not opposed to the Fundamental Truths 

 of Revelation": and, the Rev. II. G. Tomkins, on ''Recent 



