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MODERN SCIENCE AND MODERN THOUGHT - 1889. - INTRODUCTION TO SIXTH EDITION. - THE Fifth Edition of this work having been exhausted in khree weeks from its publication, a Sixth Edition is now published at the same low price c 3s. 6d. The Authors object is to meet the rapidly-increasing demand for works giving an intelligible and popular view of the leading questions of the day in Science and Philosophy, by bringing out the volume at a price which renders it accessible to the generai public, and specially to the class of intelligent working men who take an interest in such subjects. HALL GROVE, BAGSHOT, Aug. 15, 1888. S. LAING. - PREFACE FIRST EDITION. - ThE object of this book is to give a clear and concise view of the principal results of Modern Science, and of the revolution which they have effected in Modern Thought. I do not pretend to discover fresh facts or to propound new theories, but simply to discharge the humbler though still useful task of presenting what has become the common property of thinking minds, in a popular shape, which may interest those who lack time and opportunity for studying special subjects in more complete and technical treatises. I have endeavoured also to give unity to the subjects treated of, by connecting them with leading ideas in the case of Science, that of the gradual progress from human dtandards to those of almost infinite space and duration, and the prevalence of law throughout the universe to the exclusion of supernatural interference in the case of Thought, the bearings of these discoveries on old creeds and philosophies, and on the practical conduct of life. The endeavour to show how much of religion can be saved from the shipwreck of theologyhas been the main object of the second part. Those who are acquainted with the scientific literature of the day will at once see how much 1 have been indebted to Darwin, Lyell, Lubbock, Huxley, Proctor, and other well-known writers. In fact, the first part of this book does not pretend to be more than a compendious popular abridgment of their works. I prefer, therefore, acknowledging my obligations to them once for all, rather than encumbering each page by detailed references. The second part contains more of nv own reflections on the important subjects discussed, and must stand or fall on its own merits rather than on authority. I can only say that I have endeavoured to treat these subjects in a reverential spirit, and that the conclusions arrived at are the result of s conscientious and dispassionate endeavour to arrive at cc the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth - CONTENTS. - MODERN SCIENCE. CHAPTER I. Primitive Ideas-Xatural Standards-Dimensions of the Earth-Of Sun and Solar System-Distance of Fixed Stars- Their Order and Size-Nebula and other Universes-The Telescope and the Infinitely GreaC-The Microscope and the Infinitely Small-Uniformity of Law-Law of Gravity-Acts throngh all Space-Double Stars, Comets, and Meteors-Has acted through all Tima CHAPTER IL Evidence of Geology - Stratification-Denudation-Strata identified by Superposition-By Fossils-Geological Record shown by Upturned Strata-General Result-Palaaozoio and Primary Periods - Secondary -Tertiary -Time required- Coal Formation-Chalk-Elehions and Depressions of Land -Internal Heat of Earth-Earthquakes and Volcanoes- Changes of Fauns and Flora-Astronomical Time--Tides and the Moon-Suns Radiation-EarthsCooling-Geology and Astronomy-Bearings on Modern Thought. - .Am - X CONTEXTS. CHAPTER 111...

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