FROM THE WORLD OF MATTER AND THE WORLD OF SPIRIT. BY THE REV. HENRY CHRISTMAS, M. A., F.R.S., F.S.A., 1 MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARCHEOLOGY OF MADRID; MEMBER OF THE LIBRARIAN AND SECRETARY OF SION COLLEGE; ΤΟ RICHARD GIBBS, ESQ. OF CEDAR LODGE, STOCKWELL PARK, SURREY. MY DEAR FRIEND IT has never occurred to me to pen a sentence with more unfeigned satisfaction than that in which I now offer to you the following pages. I know that you will regard them with pleasure, and that whatever defects and deficiencies there may be found in them, their subject and intention will recommend them to your notice. Interested so deeply as you are, and ever have been, in the welfare of the rising generation, a Work written for, and addressed to young men, is appropriately inscribed to you. Personal feelings, too, have their share in this Dedication. Through years of anxiety and persecution I have received from you, and your beloved and excellent wife, almost more than parental kindness; and, under God, to |