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It only remains for me to state that the work has been divided into sections, which are numbered for easy 

 reference. Each section is intended to be, as far as possible, complete in itself. It is, however, hoped that the 

 reader will peruse the sections consecutively, as they are mutually explanatory. 



If the accoimt given of the relations subsisting between the Inorganic and Organic Kingdoms serves to direct the 

 a,ttention of the reader to the wonderful adaptations of means to ends which everywhere obtain in the Universe, 

 and which can only be explained by the existence of an intelligent Creator, Designer, and Upholder, the object which 

 I have had in view will be fully attained. 



The Swallowgate, 



St. Andrews, 



Scotland. 



NOTE 



The manuscript of " Design in Nature " was quite completed by the Author, and a considerable portion of the 

 Work was printed under his direction. On his death, which occurred on January 30, 1908, the revision of 

 the proof and the passage of the sheets through the press were entrusted to Dr. John H. Wilson, of 

 St. Andrews University, with the assistance of Mr. H. Warren Jones, M.A., and the others named in the 

 Preface. They have endeavoured faithfully to carry out the task allotted to them, but it is very probable that 

 if the Author had lived to see the whole Work in type, means of improvement would have suggested themselves 

 to him. The Index has been compiled by Dr. Wilson. 



