Not for creationists: ‘The World Before the Deluge’ by Louis Figuier (1862)
“The object of “The World before the Deluge” is to trace the progressive steps by which the earth has reached its present state, from that condition of chaos when it “was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the the deep,” and to describe the various convulsions and transformations through which it has successively passed.”
Louis Figuier (1819-1894) was a French scientist and writer. He is the author of numerous successful works. He wrote La Terre avant le déluge (The World Before the Deluge) in 1862. A 1872 revision (in English) of the book is online, including many fantastic engravings.
