VOL. XVI.

61. The Credibility of the Supernatural. (Ann. Address.) By (the late) Lord O'NEILL.

Supposed Palæolithic Tools of the Valley of the Axe. By N. WHITLEY, Esq. (Engravings.) An Examination of the Philosophy of Mr. Herbert Spencer. By the Rev. W. D. GROUND. 62. On Herbert Spencer's Theory of the Will. By Rev. W. D. GROUND; with Communication. Biblical Proper Names, personal and local, illustrated from sources external to Holy Scripture. By Rev. H. G. TOMKINS. Comments by Professor MASPERO, Mr. RASSAM, and others. Breaks in the Continuity of Mammalian Life at certain Geological Periods fatal to the Darwinian Theory of Evolution. By (the late) T. K. CALLARD, Esq., F.G.S., with Comments by several Geologists.

The New Materialism Unscientific; or, Dictatorial Scientific Utterances and the Decline of Thought. By Professor LIONEL S. BEALE, M.D., F.R.S.

On the Living and the Non-Living. By the same. Ón the New Materialism. By the same. 63. The Theory of Evolution taught by Hæckel, and held by his followers. By J. HASSELL, Esq. The Supernatural in Nature. By (the late) J. E. HOWARD, Esq., F.R.S.

64, Materialism. By Judge C. W. RICHMOND,

VOL. XVII.

65. (The Recent Survey of Western Palestine, and its Bearing upon the Bible. By TRELAWNEY SAUNDERS, Esq.

Remarks on Climate in relation to Organic Nature. By Surgeon-General C. A. GORDON, M.D., C.B. Speeches by Sir J. ŘISDON BENNETT, V.P.R.S.; Sir JOSEPH FAYRER, K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.S.; and others.

66. On the Argument from Design in Nature, with some Illustrations from Plants. By (the late) W. P. JAMES, Esq., M.A.

Considerations on the Unknown and Unknowable of Modern Thought; or, Is it possible to know God? By the Rev. J. J. LIAS, M.A. (then Hulsean Lecturer). Comments by (the late) Lord O'NEILL and others.

On certain Theories of Life. By Surg.-Gen. C. A. GORDON, C.B., M.D., Hon. Phys. to the Queen.

On Certain Definitions of Matter. By (the late) J. E. HOWARD, Esq., F.R.S.

67. On the Absence of Real Opposition between Science and Revelation. By Professor G. G. STOKES, P.R.S. Comments by several leading scientific men.

Babylonian Cities. By HORMUZD RASSAM; with Remarks by Professor DELITZSCH, &c.

68. The Origin of Man. By Archdeacon BARDSLEY.

Did the World Evolve Itself? By Sir E. BECKETT, Bart. (now Lord Grimthorpe).

VOL. XVIII.

69. On Misrepresentations of Christianity. By Lord O'NEILL (the late). Science not Opposed to Revelation. By J. L. PORTER, D.D., LL.D., Pres. Queen's Coll. 70. Recent Egyptological Research in its Biblical Relation. By the Rev. II. G. TOMKINS. Cuneiform Inscriptions as illustrative of the times of the Jewish Captivity. By W. St. CHAD BOSCAWEN, F. R. Hist. Soc.

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon-On Recently Discovered Inscriptions of this King. By
E. A. BUDGE, M.A., M. R.A.S.

Buddhism. By Rev. R. COLLINS. Remarks by Dr.
DAVIDS, Mr. RASSAM, Rev. S. COLES (Ceylon), &c.

71. Pessimism. By (the late) W. P. JAMES, Esq.

LEITNER (Lahore), Professor RHYS
Also a Full Note on Krishna.

On the Prehistoric Factory of Flints at Speinnes. By Rev. J. MAGENS MELLO, F.G.S. The Evolution of the Pearly Nautilus. By S. R. PATTISON, Esq., F. G.S.

72. On "Prehistoric Man in Egypt and the Lebanon.' By Sir J. W. DAWSON, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., McGill University, Montreal. Remarks by Professors W. WARINGTON SMYTH, F.R.S., W. BOYD DAWKINS, F.R.S., T. RUPERT JONES, F.R.S., T. WILTSHIRE, F.G.S. Colonel HERSCHEL, F.R.S., Dr. RAE, F.R.S.

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74.

VOL. XIX.

On the Inductive Logic. By Prof. R. L. DABNEY, D.D., LL.D. Speeches by Sir H.
BARKLY, K.C.B., G.C.M.G., F.R.S., Sir J. LEFROY, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., &c.
On Evolution by Natural Selection. J. HASSELL, Esq.

Remarks on Evolution by Professor VIRCHOW.

On the Recency of the Close of the Glacial Epoch. By D. MACKINTOSH, Esq., F.G.S.
Communications from Prof. T. RUPERT JONES, F.R.S., and others.

On the recession of Niagara (with the United States Government Survey Diagrams),

On the Religion of the Aboriginal Tribes of India. By Professor J. AVERY. Remarks by General HAIG, Mr. H. RASSAM, and others.

On the Evolution of Savages by Degradation. Rev. F. A. ALLEN, M.A.

Some Thoughts on the Evolution of Religions. By Rev. W. R. BLACKETT, M.A.

On the Relation of Fossil Botany to Theories of Evolution. By late W. P. JAMES, F.L.S. Remarks by Sir R. OWEN, F.R S., Prof. W. CARRUTHERS, F.R.S., Dr. J, BRAXTON HICKS, F.R.S., &c.

75. Was Primeval Man a Savage? By J. HASSELL, Esq.

Remarks on Evolution and Development. By Rev. J. WHITE, M.A.

On Some Characteristics of Primitive Religions. By Rev. R. COLLINS, M.A.

Human Responsibility. By Rev. G. BLENcowe.

76. On the Worship and Traditions of the Aborigines of America. By Rev. M. EELLS, M. A. Remarks by Professor J. O. DORSEY, U.S. Survey.

Note on Comparative Religions.

77. Special Address by the Institute's President, Professor G. G. STOKES, M.A., D.C.L., President of the Royal Society.

Egypt: Physical, Historical, Literary, and Social. By J. LESLIE PORTER, D.D., D.C.L., President of Queen's College, Belfast. Remarks by the Earl of BELMORE, Right Hon. A. S. AYRTON (the late), &c.

On the Theory of Natural Selection and the Theory of Design. By Professor DUNS, D.D., F.R.S.E. Remarks by Right Hon. Lord GRIMTHORPE, &c.

78. On Agnosticism. By J. HASSELL, Esq.

On the Structure of the Gorilla. By F. CHARLESWORTH, Esq., F.G.S.; with illustration. Notes on the Antiquity of Man. By the EDITOR. The Chronology of Animal Life on the Earth prior to the Advent of Man. By Sir J. WILLIAM DAWSON, K. C.M.G., F.R.S., President of the British Association.

Historical Evidences of the Migration of Abram. By W. ST. C. BOSCAWEN, F.R. Hist.
Soc., with drawings. Notes by Professor SAYCE, F.R.S., E. A. W. BUDGE, Esq., &c.
A-Samoan Tradition of Creation. By Rev. T. POWELL, F.L.S.; Notes on the Islands.
79. The Fundamental Assumptions of Agnosticism. By Rev. H. J. CLARKE.

On Miracles. By Rev. H. C. M. WATSON. Remarks by Lord GRIMTHORPE, &c.
On Accounts of the Creation. By W. P. JAMES, Esq., F.L.S. (the late).

80. On Final Cause. By Professor R. L. DABNEY, D.D., LL.D.

On Structure and Structureless. By Prof. LIONEL S. BEALE, M.B., F.R.S.

On the Meteorology of Syria and Palestine. By Professor G. E. POST, F. L.S. (with chart). Remarks by Sir JOSEPH FAYRER, K.C.S.I., F.R.S., &c.

On the Geographical Names on the List of Thothmes III. By Professor G. MASPERO (with map). Remarks by Sir CHARLES WILSON, K. C.B., K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Captain C. R. CONDER, R. E., Dr. WRIGHT, &c. Note on Excavations round the Sphinx. By Prof. MASPERO,

81. Results of an Expedition to Arabia Petrea and Palestine (with chart). By Professor E. HULL, F.R.S., Director of the Geological Survey of Ireland.

Jewish, Phoenician, and Early Greek Art. By Rev. Dr. PORTER, President, Queen's College, Belfast.

82. The Discoveries at Sidon.

The Empire of the Hittites. By Rev. W. WRIGHT, D.D. Note on the Hittites.

Canaan, Ancient and Modern. By Professor TRISTRAM, F.R.S.

On Caves. By Professor T. McK. HUGHES, F.G.S. (Cambridge), with comments by Sir J. W. DAWSON, K.C.M.G., F.R.S., Sir WARINGTON W. SMYTH, F.R.S., and others. Oriental Entomology. By Rev. F. A. WALKER, D.D., F.L.S. Notes by S. T. KLEIN, Esq, F.L.S., and others.

Petra. By Professor E. HULL, F.R.S. (with chart).

83. On Krishna. By Rev. R. COLLINS, M.A. Notes by Sir M. MONIER-WILLIAMS, K.C.I.E. Professors MAX MÜLLER, E. B. COWELL, DOUGLAS, DE LACOUPERIE, Dr. LEITNER, and Dr. EDERSHEIM.

The Pedigree of the Coral Reefs of England. By S. R. PATTISON, F.G.S. Remarks by Professor G. G. STOKES, P.R.S.

Practical Optimism. By Canon SAUMAREZ SMITH, B.D.

84: Traditions of the Aborigines of North America. By Rev. S. D. PEET (with illustrations). On the Beauty of Nature. By LORD GRIMTHORPE, with special paper by Rev. W. ARTHUR, M. A.

Evolution. By Rev. H. J. CLARKE, M.A. Remarks by Sir J. W. DAWSON, K. C.M.G., F.R.S. The Jewish Nation and Diseases. Egyptian Discoveries in 1888. (Library List, &c.)

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