r I ^HE following Paper was written on the understanding, 

 now general with theologians, that the Bible should 

 be read for example of life and instruction of manners and 

 is not to be regarded as the fountain of scientific truth. 

 For those persons who think so, what follcnvs may be 

 helpful and suggestive ; for those who think otherwise, it 

 can hardly be useless or without interest. It consists of 

 facts and thoughts gleaned from many writers : — Darwin, 

 Spencer, Fiske, Mill, Lewes, Huxley, Dawkins, Dallas, 

 Romanes, Clifford, Grant, Wallace, Croll, Haeckel ; and 

 it attempts to put the wide subject of Evolution hi a clear 

 and comprehensive form. 



H. C. M. 



