Creationism.- Nevins (John Birkbeck, surgeon, Consulting Physician to the Stanley Hospital, Liverpool, zoologist, 1818-1903) On the Evidences of the harmony of Creation, derived from the Constitution and laws of the Atmosphere, Sections 5-7, autograph manuscript with numerous corrections, 117pp. excluding blanks, on rectos only, numerous illustrations, laid down, original cloth, faded and marked, lower cover stained at tail, lacks lower half of spine, sm. 4to, n.d. [c. 1870].

⁂ An unpublished manuscript on Creationism, a religious as opposed to the scientific theory of evolution espoused by Darwin, of the natural world. This manuscript argues for the evidence of the Creator for the organization of the natural world, continuing a tradition for which Paley is famous as a contributor. The above is a contribution to the continuing debate over the design argument.