One or two of these “Discourses,” all of which were delivered in the Tron Church, Glasgow, at noon on the week day, were heard by the writer of this paper, then a boy. He had to wait nearly four hours before he could gain admission as one of a crowd, in which he was nearly crushed to death. It was with no little effort that the great preacher could find his way to his pulpit. As soon as his fervid eloquence began to stream from it, the intense enthusiasm of the auditory became almost irrestrainable; and in that enthusiasm the writer, young as he was, fully participated. He has never since witnessed anything equal to the scene. Footnote 13: _Essay_, pp. 193, 194. Footnote 14: In the “Dialogue,” Dr Whewell states that it was not till after the publication of his “Essay” that he became acquainted with the fact of the coincidence of his views, on the subject of Geology, with those of Mr Hugh Miller, in his “First Impressions of England,” with reference to astronomical objections to Revelation. Footnote 15: Ibid., chap. vii., § 1, p. 206. Footnote 16: Ibid., chap. vi., § 27, p. 190. Footnote 17: _Essay_, pp. 191, 192. Footnote 18: Ibid., p. 148. Footnote 19: Ibid., pp. 151, 152. Footnote 20: Ibid., p. 154. Footnote 21: Ibid., p. 166. Footnote 22: Ibid., p. 155. Footnote 23: _More Worlds than One_, p. 52. Footnote 24: _Essay_, p. 188. Footnote 25: _Essay_, pp. 198–199. Footnote 26: Ibid., p. 203. Footnote 27: _Ante_, p. 289. Footnote 28: _Essay_, p. 194. Footnote 29: _Essay_, p. 195. Footnote 30: Ibid., p. 196. Footnote 31: Even of monkeys, there have been found fossil remains. Footnote 32: _Essay_, p. 197. Footnote 33: _Essay_, p. 198. Footnote 34: Ibid., pp. 199, 200. Footnote 35: _More Worlds than One_, p. 237, (we quote from the first edition). Footnote 36: Ibid., p. 230. Footnote 37: Ibid., p. 240. Footnote 38: _More Worlds than One_, p. 202. Footnote 39: Ibid., p. 199. Footnote 40: In fact, in a note to page 247, Sir David thus slily alludes to those “conjectures” of Dr Whewell in his _Bridgewater Treatise_, to which we have referred (_ante_, pp. 290, 291):—“A very different opinion is stated by Dr Whewell, in his _Bridgewater Treatise_;” adding, after citing the passages, “the rest of the chapter, ‘_On the vastness of the Universe_,’ is well worthy of the perusal of the reader, and forms a striking contrast with the opinions of the Essayist.”—This is perfectly fair. Footnote 41: _More Worlds than One_, p. 98. Footnote 42: Ibid., p. 108. Footnote 43: Ibid., p. 166. Footnote 44: _More Worlds than One_, pp. 180, 183. Footnote 45: Ibid., p. 185. Footnote 46: _Essay_, ch. vii. sec. 17, p. 221. Footnote 47: _More Worlds than One_, p. 248. Footnote 48: _Essay_, chap. x. sec. 10, pp. 308, 309; chap. xii. sec. 1, p. 359. Footnote 49: