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257. Reptiles, 213, 215. Revelation, idea of, 12. River valleys, excavation of, 314. Ruach Elohim, 106. Rutimeyer on interglacial men, 386. Sabbath, the, as related to ages of creation, 130. of the Creator, 249. Schliemann on Troy, 282. _Shamayim_ (heavens), 92. Shemite races, 16. _Sheretz_ (swarming creature), 211. Somme, gravels of the, 313. Song of creation, 66. Species, Agassiz on, 61. Bronn on, 339. distinct from varieties, 414. in Genesis i., 215. origin of, 368, 378. Spirit of God in creation, 106. Stalagmite, deposition of, 310, 385. _Stereoma_, 162. Stone, ages of, 281. Table of Biblical periods, 352. of geological periods, 330. Tait, Prof., on the age of the earth, 154. _Tannin_ (great reptile), 213, 405. Tennyson on types in nature, 222. Theories of the origin of genesis, 51. Thomson, Sir Wm., on the age of the earth, 154. Time, geological, 321, 332. Torel on the Sodertelge hut, 386. Troy, as described by Schliemann, 282. Type in nature, 82, 222. Unity of man, 263, 414. of nature, 36. Universe, the unseen, 11. Variation, laws of, 414. Veda, its cosmogony, 110. Vegetation, its creation, 186. of Eozoic period, 192. Victoria Cave, 386. Vision of creation, 65. Void, the, 100. Wallace on evolution, 373. on primitive man, 389. Waters above the heavens, 159. "Whales, great," 213. Wilson on American skulls, 427. on ancient pottery, 283. THE END. By PRINCIPAL DAWSON. EARTH AND MAN. The Story of the Earth and Man. By J. W. DAWSON, LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, Montreal. With Twenty Illustrations. 12mo, Cloth, $1 50. An admirable book. It is a clear and interesting _resume_ of the results of geological investigation, told in simple language, devoid of technicalities. The unscientific reader will obtain more knowledge of geology in one hour's reading of this book than he will in a week's study of more elaborate and professional books upon the same subject. It is vigorously written, and with a certain picturesqueness that is exceedingly attractive. The chapters upon primitive man are peculiarly interesting.--_Saturday Evening Gazette_, Boston. The pleasantly written volume before us tells the story of the paleontology and physical geography of the earth in prehuma
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