THE subject of this volume was delivered in the form
of a lecture, and the interest which its Marvels and
Mysteries awoke subsequently induced the Author
to fill up at his leisure the sketch he had made.
The principal object has been to select for con-
sideration those topics which would instruct and
entertain the general reader. Simplicity of form
has been studied in the treatment of every topic,
that the whole might be understood by the humblest
capacity.
The Table of Contents indicates the general plan,
and the subjects from which the Marvels and Mys-
teries have been taken, are treated in the follow-
ing order: The Divine Method-Nervous Systems
-Instinct-Instinct in Man-in Apes-in Mam-
mals-in Birds-Theory of Sensation-Animal
Intelligence-Instinct in Insects Reason and
Instinct compared.
If the Author's labours should prove instrumental
in leading but one mind to the study of God's won-
derful Creation, he would feel that his chief hope
had not been altogether disappointed.
Burcott Cottage,
April, 1856.