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Some recent Discoveries in the Eealm of Assyiiologj\ Bj- T. G. Pinches, Esq., Brit 



Mu3. Eemarks by Oolonel Conder, E.E. , D.C.L., M. Beutin, Mr. W. St. 0. 



BoscAWEN, Rev. H. G. Tomkins, and others. 

 The Philosophic Basisof the Argument from Design. By Professor Bernard, D.D., T.C.D 

 On Flint Bodies in the Chalk kuown as Paramoudra. By E. Chauleswokth, Esq., 



F.G.S. Illustrated. 

 The Glacial Period and the Earth-movement H_yi)othesis. By Professor James Geikie, 



D.C.L., F.E.S. Eemarks by Professors E. Hull, LL.D., F.R.S., Logan Lobley, 



F.G.S., Major-General Drayson, E.E., P.R.A.S., Mr. W.Upham, U.S. Govt. Assist. 



State Geologist, Ac, &c. 

 Useful and Ornamental Stones of Ancient Egypt. By Sir J. William Dawson, C.M.Q., 



F.E.S. Eemarks by W. H. Hudleston, F.E.S., President of the Geological Society, 



Professor £. Hull,'F.E.S., Mr. W. Brindley, F.G.S., Colonel Conder, E.E., D.O.L., 



Professor Logan Lobley, and others. 

 Causes of Climatal Changes. Current opinions reviewed by Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., 



F.E.S. 



VOL. XXVII. 



Tlie work of the Institute in the present dav. By the Eight Hon. Lord Halsbury, P.O., 

 F.E.S., with speeches by Sir H. Barkly, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., F.E.S., Sir G. Buchanan, 

 F.E.S., Sir J. Fayrer, K.C.S.I., F.E.S., Sir F. Young, K.C.M.G., Professor 

 E. Hull, F.E.S., and others. 



The Principles of Eank among Animals. By Professor H. W. Parker, M.D. 



On the Eecession of Niagara Falls. By W. Upham, Assist. Geologist U.S. Govt. 



How the Waters of the Ocean became Salt. By Professor E. Hull, LL.D., F.E.S. Eemarks 

 by Professor J. TyndALl, D.C.L., F.IR.S., Sir J. Prestwich, D.C.L., F.E.S., and 

 others. 



The List of Shishak. With map. By Professor Maspero. With important discussion. 



An Inquiry into the Formation of Habit in Man. Bj- Dr. A. T. Schofield. Eemarks 

 by Dr. Alex. Hill, Master of Downing, Sir C, A. Gordon, K.C.B., Professor 

 Parker, &c., &c. 



On the Alleged Scepticism of Kant. By W. L.Courtney, LL.D. Eemarks by Arch- 

 deacons Sinclair (London) and Thornton (Middlesex), Professors Beknard, Duns, 

 and ninnerous others. 



On the Comparison of Asiatic Languages By Colonel C. E. Conder, E.E., D.C.L. 

 Eemarks by Professor Legge (Oxford), and others. 



A Possible Cause for the Origin of the Tradition of the Flood. By Sir J. Prestwich, K.C.B., 

 D.C.L., F.E.S. Eemarks by Sir J. W. Dawson, C.M.G., F.E.S., Sir H. Howorth, 

 K.C.I E., M.P., F.E.S., Dr. H. Woodward, F.E.S., President of the Geological 

 Society, Professor T. McK. Hughes, M. A., F.E.S. , Professor T. Eupert Jones, F.E.S., 

 Mr. J. Allen Brown, F.G.S., Rev. J. M. Mello, F.G.S., Mr. W. Upham, Assist. 

 Govt. Geologist, U.S.A., and many others. 



VOL. XXVIIT. 



The Eeligious ideas of the Babylonians. By T. G. Pinches, M.E.A.S., British Museum. 



Eemarks by Colonel Conder, R.E., D.C.L. , Eev. Dr. Lowy, Professor Fritz 



HOMMEL, &c. 

 Chinese Ethics and Philosophy. By Sir Charles Gordon, K.C.B. Special statement 



by Sir Thomas Wade, G.C.M.G., K.C.B., &c. 

 On the Luminiferous Ether. By Sir G. G. Stokes, Bart., President. Speeches by His 



Excellency the Hon. T. F. Bayard, United States Ambassador, Sir H. Barkly, 



G.C.M.G., K.C.B.,'. F.R.S., Su- Joseph Fayrer, K.C.S.L. F.E.S., Professor Hull, 



F.E.S., Admiral Grant, C.B., E.N., &c. (Annual Meeting). 

 Evolution and Design. By G. Cox Bompas, F.G.S. Eemarks by Professor Blake, 



F.G.S., Eev. J. M. Mello, F.G.S., &c. 

 ArcliEeology and Evolution. By E. H. Walkey. Eemarks by Professor Lobley, 



F.G.S., &c. 

 Holy Scripture illustrated and confirmed by recent discoveries in the East. By Professor 



E Hull, F.R.S. Eemarks by Professor J. H. Gladstone, F.R.S., Colonel Conder 



E.E., Mr. Eassam, &c. 



