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here as the leader, after Agassiz, of the oppo-
nents OF materialsm, and this volume is q re-
statement OF his views, with comments upon
the later scientific discoveries bearing upon the
subject He takes up the first chapter of
Genesis and attempts to reconcile il with sci.
ence. Thus he suggests that the light which
was created on the first day, two days or peri
ods before the sun and moon, might be alumni
Gus nebulous.matter which enveloped the earth
aud afterwards was dssipated This requires,
as he accepts La Places theory, that the sun
should have been obscured from the earth for a
long period after the earth was thrown off and
formed, which is difficult to imagine. While
the Rev. Joseph Cook accepts evolution. but
looks back of it for First Cause, Prof. Daw-
son takes the Bible literally, simply stretching
out the days of Creation into long geographical
periods. The question of the Ark being able
to convey the animals he carefully fanks. He
does not believe it has required so long time
for pathological changes as is claimed, and
thinks the proofs of the antiquity of man de-
duced from stone implements imperfect, argu-
log that the stone and iron ages may have
overlapped as among our Indians. He thinks
nothing can bemore unreasonable than the state
ment that it Is absurd to suppose that highly
organized beings could have been produced
except by derivation from previously existing
organisms; thatit is begging the whole question
and depriving science of a noble department Of
inquiry. He takes up Prof. Edward s. Morse's
address to the American association in 1876 on
the contributions of American biologists TO
theories of evolution and disputes his deduc.
IToo 81 az, sIoa l.
cussion OF the origin of man from apes, aud
that Wallace and Mvart are staggered by the
difficulties Of the arguments. The book will
be read with much interest by the religious
world, and will excite much opposition from
the rapidly increasing class of evolutiouists.
Notes and Announcements.
Mr. Swnburne's forthcoming volume will
contain selection from his translations of
Villon's poems. 1t will also include some of
Mr.. Swinburne's Latin verses.
one of the holiday books from Jas. r. Os.
good & Co. will be a new trans lation of Frit-
jhoPs Saga, which has the Endorsement of Mr..
Longfellow, with illustrations by a Scandina-
Was artist who bears the sign fcant title of A.
Maelstrom.
Four additional parts, 45.4S of ZelPs Popular
Cyclopedia are ready for subscribers. ThS
promises made at the beginning OF this new
edition are being faithfully kept; no subjects
of popular and uni iversal interest are omitted,
and they are all treated with cleyerness, sim
plicty and abundance of information. Horace
King, ThompsonvIlle, Conn.,, has the Eastern
agency.
Appleton & Co. will shortly publish from
advance sheets, translation of Andre Theu-
ret's new novel; The Godson of the Marquis,
just begun in the Revue des Deur Mondes 1t
will appear in their Collection of Foreign
Authors"
Mr.. Stoddards promised sketch and study
OF Keats will be given in the December and
January Scribner's under the title of "Af-
ter Many Days" Mr.. Stoddard's aim is to
| show that Keats, Instead of being minor
poet, must be classed among the very greatest
who have written the English language;
The British Quarterly Review for October.
has been reprinted by the Leonard Scott Pub
fishing Company, New York Its contents are:
King Rene of Anjou; The Sscts of the Com
monwealth; Jules Michelet; George Bu-
chanan; Thomas De Quincy; The Greek
| Revolution; Social Question in Sicily; Con-
temporary Literature. The topics are fresh and
| pertinent, as usual, and the Review commends
| itself to intelligent readers.
R. W. Emerson is reported to be preparing
for the press new volume of essays, in which
that on Perpetual Forces recently contributed
to the North American Review, will have,
| somewhat expanded, prominent place.