Prof. Louis Agassiz

vard University, deliyered two lectures: according to announcement, before the Students' Lecture Association ou Friday and Satnrday erenings of last week. lïis flrst lecture was in the M. E. Oliurch, on which occasion every seat in the house, gallery, and aisles ineludod; was iiUed. The subject for the evenlng was "The Plau3 of the Animal Creation," and the speaker set forth as the results of scienrjöcmvesijgation, that there were four forms of animal stracture, marked by distinct lines of separation, and that every living thing couldbe definitely classed under oue of the grand divisions, and tliat there was no such tbing as transmutation orcrossiog of plans. The second lecture was in the Presbyterian Church, and also drew a large and iutelligent audience. The subject was, '' Th'e' Evidence of Thought in the Struetnre of Animáis," wbich was proved by anjijyzing .he forms of one of the lowest classes of animáis, making tliem give evidence of an idea developed in iheir physicii structüre. The conclusión vas, that al} animal life shows a design, and that oo living thing is of spontaneous generation. Prof. Agassiz is a forcible speaker, a plear an'd logical reasoner, states his propositions concisely and distinclly , using the right word in the right place, and successfully developing his meaning even to the unscientific. He has the French accent, which sometimos amuses the hearer. , The Lecture Association is entitled to credit for securing the services of so eminent a scholar.