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THE GEOLOGIST. 
world was not like Adam's, amid the nigged ruins of an ancient empire. * * 
She had not seen Eden planted or peopled by the Creator for her ; but when 
Eve opened her eyes to the light of day, it was among the l)owers of Pai-adisc. 
* * * And while it was tlie first grand lesson of God to Adam that he 
should rely on Himself directly and solely, to Eve he pointed out an earthly 
head, under Himself, * * in whom she might repose her confidence, * * 
and apply in her necessities ; at ouce her guardian, her teacher, her provider, 
and her husband." 
As a discussive, although extremely speculative, book on a now popular 
and interesting subject, "Pre-Adamite Man" is worthy of perusal, although 
we do not apprehend it wiU make many converts to the novel doctrines it 
inculcates. 
Archaia ; or Studies of the Cosmorjom/ (iiicl Natural Hidori/ of the Hebreio 
Scriptures. By J. W. Dawson, L.L.D., E.G.S. 
Of all the books of geologico-theological aspects wliich have appeared this 
season, or indeed for many seasons past, " Arcliaia," by Dr. Dawson, is the 
best. In it he has given us the result of not only a series of exegetical studies 
of the first chapter of Genesis, but also lucid observations on the numerous 
incidental references to nature and creation in other parts of the bible ; the 
entire work being a really useful digest of the cosmical doctrines of the Hebrew 
scriptvu-es. 
In the introductory remarks very beautiful allusion is made to that remark- 
able serf-popuL-ition that more than thirty centuries ago emancipated itself 
from Egyptian bondage, and after years of wandering desert-life, settled itself 
on tlie hills and in the valleys of Palestine, and whose migration is the most 
remarkable in the annals of the world's history, not merely in its political, but 
in its moral results. Tliose slaves thus liberated were no mean herd, but were 
aspirated by a noble spirit and high hopes, and guided by a man of remarkable 
perception and intellect, tlie great Hebrew law-giver, who has woven into his 
grand historical aud political composition a wonderful cosmogony, in which 
the act of creation is simply but most grandly assigned to the One Deity — the 
Creator and Preserver, and Lord of Hosts. It is this connnittal of itself to 
certain cosmical doctrines and statements that has given rise to the collisions 
into which science and scripture have been brought. 
The difficulties and intricacies of the case have been boldly and firmly, at the 
same time honestly and honourably, looked into by Dr. Dawson ; aud although 
we are far from agreeing with him on all points, we advise the perusal of his 
remarks by all who are really interested in the identification of the sublime 
views of the biblical account of creation with the also sublime deductions of 
science. 
That our readers may see the value of the work, we give them the sequence 
of the topics discussed. Beginning with the oljjects, character, and authority 
of the Hebrew cosmogony, we are passed on to the general views of nature 
coutained in the Holy Scriptures, then to those remarkable incidents — the 
beginning, the desolate void, light, the days of creation, the atmosphere, the 
dry land, the first vegetation, the heavenly lummaries, the lower and the higher 
animals, man, and the resting of the Creator. Then foUows a disquisition on 
the unity and antiquity of man ; and the work is teruiinated by a chapter of 
comparisons and conclusions, boldly drawn and as boldly spoken in an lionest 
but fearless spirit. 
These conclusions of Dr. Dawson are thus summed up : " In the natural as 
wcU as in the moral world the only law of progress is the will and the power of 
