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FOUM E. 



FORM OF BEQUEST. 



I give and bequeath to the Trustees or Trustee for the time 

 being of The Victoria Institute, or Philosophical Society 

 OF Great Britain, to be applied by them or him for the 

 purposes of tlie said Society, the sum of £ , 



such sum to be wholly paid out of such part of my personal estate 

 as may be lawfully applied to the purposes of charity, and in 

 priority to all other legacies. And I declare that the receipt of 

 the Trustees or Trustee for the time being of the said Society 

 shall be a good discharge to my Executors for the said legacy. 



THE JOURNAL OF THE TRANSACTIONS 



ISSUED DURING PAST YEARS. 



Since the Inauguration of the Society, the following Papers have been read : — 

 The Quarterly Parts of the Journal are indicated by the numbers prefixed. (The 

 volumes are sold at O'ne Guinea to N on- M embers ; Half-a-Guinea to Members and 

 Associates ; those issued during the years of siibscription are not charged for.) 



FIRST SERIES, VOLS. 1 TO 5. 

 VOL. I. 



A Sketch of the Existing Eelations between Scripture and Science. By the late Geokge 



Wakington, Esq., F.C.S. 

 On the Difference in Scope between Scripture and Science. By the late C. Mouktfoki> 



Burnett, Esq., M.D., Vice-President V.I. 

 On Comparative Philology. By the Eev. Eobinson Thornton, D.D., Vice-President V.I. 

 On the Various Theories of Man's Past and Present Condition. By the late James. 



Eeddie, Esq., Hon. Sec. V.I. 

 On the Language of Gesticulation and Origin of Speech. By Professor J. E. YorNc;. 

 On Miracles: their Compatibility with Philosophical Princiiales. By the Eev. W. W- 



English, M.A. 

 Thoughts on Miracles. By the late E. B. Penny, Esq. 



On tire General Character of Geological Eormations. By the late E. Hopkins, Esq., C.E. 

 On the Past and Present Eelations of Geological Science to the Sacred Scriptures. By the- 



Eev. Professor John Kirk. 

 On the Lessons taught us by Geology in relation to God. Eev. J. Brodie, M.A. 

 On the Mutual Helpfulness of Theology and Natural Science. By Dr. Gladstone, F.E.S. 

 On Falling Stars and Meteorites. By the late Eev. W. Mitchell, M. A., Vice-President V.I. 

 (^Tkc above Papers, zvith the Discussions iheremi, and with '■^ Scientia Scientiarmn: heing 

 .tome Account of the Origin and Objects of the Victoria Institute" with the Kvports of 

 the Frori.<ionol Proctedingi, and the Inangural Address by the late Rev. Walter Mitchell f 

 M.A., Vice-President, J or in Vol. I. of the '■'■ .Tniiriud.'") 



