Dawson, the Canadian geologist and principal of McGill, traces the succession of life from its first traces through the age of marine invertebrates, the coal forests with their insects, and the reptiles and mammals of later ages. Published by the Religious Tract Society, it reads the fossil record from a Christian standpoint that is sceptical of Darwinian evolution.
A vivid Victorian survey of the fossil record that also documents the religious debate over evolution. Download the free EPUB.