Analysis of Books. 
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would be a grave ac 5 l of indiscretion. The fiist * nv0 ^^ s ^j 0 , 
gical considerations which are liable to be mstan y me y 
dysteleology, leading to an interminable and, to the J 
fruitless logomachy. We submit that Sciem. te d 
with efficient than with final causes, which Bacon well d a 
“iTthe oulirt of his discourse Dr. Monckton proposes to the 
student a difficult undertaking It wou d be “ 
task for a young member of your Society to v* 1 P j 
classifications that have prevailed in Botany ' i 
grasping the views which were associated with each an a 
and the corrections that became called for and applied -a* know 
ledge became at once more accutate and m a te 
doubt if the possible results of such a study could compensate 
for the time consumed. How is the modern mquire to really 
the limitations of the knowledge of the older natuial 
influence of their prepossessions ? 
Our Corner. Vol. V., No. 4. . , 
This journal seems to be becoming more exclusively literary and 
political. There is an account of some “ healing miracles Jiaid 
fo have tak n place at the chapel of Knock, in. -Mayo 
to nave wKtu t , r i; c f rnres in Arc! 
at me ulcUJ u. w. a. , — - , Nine 
cases are given, 'extracted from' "the list of cures in Archdeacon 
Kavana'hl diary. The writer’s objecT appears not so much to 
examine into the 3 reality of these occurrences as to contend that 
they are equally credible with the “ similar wonders related in 
the Bible.” 
