The Phenomena of Radiation as Exemplifying the Wisdom and Bene-
ficence of God. By G. Warington, F.C.S. (Skeffington.)—Every seven
years since 1838 the Royal Institution has had the duty assigned to it of awarding a prize of one hundred guineas for the best essay illustrative of the testimony borne by science as above. The present author is the third on whom the prize has devolved. He does not lay claim to any; originality in his facts, for the accuracy of which of course the award of the prize is a sufficient guarantee. Ho is entitled to the credit of a very
copious flow of pulpit eloquence. Mrs. Acton, who founded the prize, would no doubt be eminently satisfied with the results of her liberality, and any one who requires 186 pages of mixed science and sermon to convince him of the wisdom and beneficence of the Almighty, would do well to study this prize essay.
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