PREFACE. 



rriHB Twentieth Volume of the Jotirnal of the Transactions 

 -*- of the Victoria Institute is now issued. It contains 

 papers by the following authors : — Professor Lionel S. 

 Bbale, F.R.S., who claims " that the evidence is con- 

 clusive that all structure is a consequence^ arid not a 

 (lause, of prior changes in the structureless, and that 

 universally in the living world, 'structure' is preceded 

 by structurelessness.^' Mr. W. St. Chad Boscawen, 

 F.E.Hist.Soc, " On the Historical Evidences of the Migra- 

 tion of Abram," this paper is supplemented by valuable 

 remarks from Professor A. H. Sayce, F.R.S., and Mr. 

 E. A. VV. Budge, M.A., of the British Museum. There 

 are two papers on " Agnosticism/' one by the Rev. H. G. 

 Clarke, on its " Fundamental Assumptions " ; the other by 

 Mr. J. Hassell, on its " Unreasonableness.'' Professor R. L. 

 Dabney, D.D., LL.D., of Texas University, a useful paper 

 on " Final Cause." Mr. E. Charlesworth, F.G.S., con- 

 tributes some " Remarks on the Structure of the Gorilla," 

 and the Editor has appended some notes on the " Antiquity 

 of Man," including a brief, but most important and timely 

 review of the Chronology of Animal Life on the Earth, 

 by Sir J. W. Dawson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. Professor Duns, 



