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THE MEETING-PLACE
OF
GEOLOGY AND HISTORY
Sir J. William Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S.
"The name of Sir William Dawson on a title page is a guaranteeof two things: one, that the book is orthodox and thoroughlyevangelical; and the other, that the matter of it is first-class, accordingto the highest scientific standard."
—The Illustrated Christian Weekly.
Sir William Dawson's aim in this volume is aptly describedby the title. It is to fix with that measure of definiteness whichthe best and latest research permits the period when human lifebegan on the earth, and to discuss from the geologic standpointthe many questions of interest connected with this event. Heshows in how many different ways science confirms the teachingof Scripture in this department of knowledge.
Carefully and thoroughly revised in the light of the criticism,favorable and adverse, which the preceding five editions havereceived.
"Dr. Dawson is himself a man of eminent judicial temper, awidely read scholar, and a close, profound thinker, which makesthe blow he deals the Evolution hypothesis all the heavier. Wecommend it to our readers as one of the most thorough andsearching books on the subject yet published."—The Christianat Work.
"The judicial style of the writer in argument is enlivenedby his ability to render science most attractive and popular. Heholds to the orthodox view of the ordered plan of the universe,and yet considers without prejudice the alluring ideas prevalentin modern scientific circles."—The Christian Advocate(N.Y.)