stone-cutter, to the highest rank among scientific men, everything
relating to his history possesses an interest which belongs to that
of few living men. There is much even in his school-boy days which
points to the man as he now is. The book has all the ease and
graphic power which in characteristic of his writings."--NEW YORK
OBSERVER.

"This volume is a book for the ten thousand. It is embellished with
an admirable likeness of Hugh Miller, the stone mason--his coat off
and his sleeves rolled up--with the implements of labor in
hand--his form erect, and his eye bright and piercing. The
biography of such a man will interest every reader. It is a living
thing--teaching a lesson of self-culture of immense
value."--PHILADELPHIA CHRISTIAN OBSERVER.

"It is a portion of autobiography exquisitely told. He is a living
proof that a single man may contain within himself something more
than all the books in the world, some unuttered word, if he will
look within and read. This is one of the best books we have had of
late, and must have a hearty welcome and a large circulation in
America."--LONDON CORRESP. N.Y. TRIBUNE.

"It is a work of rare interest; at times having the fascination of
a romance, and again suggesting the profoundest views of education
and of science. The ex-mason holds a graphic pen; a quiet humor
runs through his pages; he tells a story well, and some of his
pictures of home life might almost be classed with Wilson's."--NEW
YORK INDEPENDENT.

"This autobiography is THE book for poor boys, and others who are
struggling with poverty and limited advantages; and perhaps it is
not too much to predict that in a few years it will become one of
the poor man's classics, filling a space on his scanty shelf next
to the Autobiography of Franklin."--NEW ENGLAND FARMER.

"Lovers of the romantic should not neglect the book, as it contains
a narrative of tender passion and happily reciprocated affection,
which will be read with subdued emotion and unfailing
interest."--BOSTON TRAVELLER.

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[Illustration: SPHENOPTERIS AFFINIS.

A Fern of the Lower Coal Measures.

(_Restored._)]

THE TESTIMONY OF THE ROCKS;

Or,

Geology in Its Bearings on the Two Theologies, Natural and Revealed.

by

HUGH MILLER,

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