PEEFACE. 



(the late), who saw an early proof of the paper, commences 

 a discussion taken part in by Professor Joseph Prestwich, 

 D.C.L., F.R.S., Mr. David Howard, F.C.S., &c., and others. 

 " The List of Shishak," by Monsieur G. Maspero, being the 

 third paper contributed by him towards the identification of 

 ancient sites in Palestine (a map specially prepared by the 

 author accomjDanies his paper) ; among those taking part 

 in the discussion were Professor E, Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., 

 Mr. F. J. Bliss, and Major CoNDER, R.E., who has himself 

 taken up the same field of enquiry, and considers that 

 "M. Maspero's valuable paper throws light on a list which was 

 previously very obscure." " An inquiry into the formation 

 of Habit in Man," by Alfred T. Sghofield, Esq., M.D., 

 M.R.C S. ; the discussion on which was taken part in by 

 Dr. Alex. Hill, M.A., Master of Downing College, Cam- 

 bridge, Surgeon-General GORDON, C.B., Professor H. W. 

 Parker, M.D., Dr. Gerard Smith, &c. "On the Alleged 

 Scepticism of Kant," by W. L. Courtney, M.A., LL.D. ; 

 in considering which the Venerable Archdeacon W. M. 

 Sinclair, D.D., the Venerable Archdeacon R. Thornton, 

 D.D., Professor J. H. Bernard, D.D., Dr. T. Chaplin, 

 Professor DuNS, F.R.S.E., the Rev. J. J. Lias, M.A., and 

 several others, took part. " On the Comparison of Asiatic 

 Languages/' by Major C. R. Conder, R.E., D.C.L., LL.D., 

 M.R.A.S. ; Professor J. Legge, D.D. (of Oxford University), 

 Mr. T. G. Pinches, of the Oriental Department of the British 

 Museum, the Rev. S. W. Koelle, M.A., Ph.D., the Rev. 

 Kenneth S. Macdonald, M.A., D.D., and others joined in the 

 discussion. 



" A possible cause for the origin of the Tradition of 

 the Flood," by Joseph Prestwich, D.C.L., F.R.S., F.G.S., 

 formerly Professor of Geology in the University of Oxford ; 

 in which he treats the subject from a purely scientific stand- 

 point : describing a mass of geological phenomena, at home 



