Hibbert Lectures, 1879. Lectures on the Origin and Growth Rome on Christianity. Hibbert Lectures, 1881. Influence of the Institutions, etc., of By Ernest Renan. Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion, as illustrated by Buddhism. By T. W. Rhys Davids. Hibbert Lectures, 1882. Lectures on National Religions and Universal Religions. By A. Kuenen, Brahmo Year-Book. Brief Records of Work and Life in the Theistic Churches in India. 1877, 1878, 1879, 1880. Prolégomènes de l'Histoire des Religions. By A. Réville. The Faiths of the World. St. Giles' Lectures, Edinburgh, 1882. Primitive Culture. By Ed. B. Tylor. 2 vols. 1871. Researches into the Early History of Mankind. By E. B. Tylor. 1870. The Myths of the New World. The Religious Sentiment. The Maya Chronicles. American Hero Myths. The above four works are by Daniel G. Brinton, M. D., of Philadelphia. The Shu-King, the Shi-King, the Hsiao-King. By James Legge. (Sacred Books of the East, vol. iii.) The Chinese Classics. The Analects, Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean, by Confucius. By James Legge. Worcester and Chicago. [See also a series of excellent Manuals by Legge, Rhys Davids, and other eminent scholars, in a series published by the Church of England Missionary Society, called "Non-Christian Religious Systems." This series includes Confucius, Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism, etc.; and does not include any narrow or prejudiced bias against these religions. See, also, articles on Brahmanism, Buddhism, China, etc., in the ninth edition of the Encyclopædia Brittanica. Also, numerous articles of value in recent numbers of the Contemporary Review, Nineteenth Century, Fortnightly Review and other periodicals. Those on the Religious Prospects of Islam (by Rev. Malcom Malcoll, Prof. Monier Williams, etc.); on Ancient Egypt, by R. S. Pool (Contemporary Review, 1881); on the New Development of the Brahmo-Somaj (by Wm. Knighton, Contemporary Review, October, 1881, answered by Sophia D. Collet, Contemporary Review, November, 1881), The Babylonian Account of the Deluge (Nineteenth Century, February, 1882), may be quoted as examples of the ability and learning which go into these periodicals.] Oriental Religions, and their Relation to Universal Religion. By Samuel Johnson. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. [In three volumes, on India, China, and Persia; the last volume just published.] Philosophical Library. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. Vol. IX. Outlines of the History of Religion. By C. P. Vol. X. Religion in China. By Joseph Edkins. Vol. XII. The Dhammapada. Translated from the Chinese by Samuel Beal. Vol. XVI. Selections from the Koran. By E. W. Lane. Vol. XVII. Chinese Buddhism. By Joseph Edkins. Philosophy of Religion. By John Caird. The Native Races of the Pacific States. By Hubert Howe Bancroft. [An important work of great extent, and full of valuable information.] In the Appendix to this volume will be found interesting extracts from some of the works above referred to. False Classifications of the Religions of the World § 9. Ethnic religions are confined to special races, are not founded by a prophet, are polytheisms, and do not lay stress on morality. Catholic religions spread beyond the 44 The typical ideas of Brahmanism, Buddhism, the Zend- Avesta, and the religion of Egypt § 6. Corruptions and degradations of each religion, foreign to Simplistic systems are short-lived. Coördinated antago- ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF ALL RELIGIONS. § 1. Two ways in which Religions begin; suddenly under the § 2. Religions derived from previous religions, by imitation or reaction. Influence of the Greek upon the Roman The- ology; of the doctrines of Egypt on the teaching of Mo- § 10. Arrested and progressive development. The point of re- ligious development reached by Zoroaster § 11. When Polytheism degenerates it becomes Idolatry. The relapse of Brahmanism. That of Egypt. How religions § 12. The Mexican religion at the time of the conquest was the |