SIR J. WILLIAM DAWSON LL.D., F.R.S., Etc.

WITH SIXTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS

NEW YORK CHICAGO TORONTO

FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY

1897

The substance of a Course of Lectures on Pre-Cambrian Fossils delivered in the Lowell Institute, Boston, in November, 1895.

To

AUGUSTUS LOWELL Esq

Vice-President of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Trustee of the Lowell Institute

AS THE WISE AND LIBERAL ADMINISTRATOR OF A NOBLE ENDOWMENT FOR THE ADVANCEMENT AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED WITH MUCH RESPECT AND ESTEEM BY THE AUTHOR