Religions of Primitive Peoples

by Daniel G. Brinton

AMERICAN LECTURES ON THE HISTORY OF RELIGIONS

I. Rhys-Davids—Buddhism: Its History and Literature. By T. W. Rhys-Davids, LL.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pali and Buddhist Literature at University College, London. Crown octavo. Net, $1.50.

“...An admirable handbook of Buddhism, written from a point of view at once scholarly and unprejudiced.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press.

II. Brinton—Religions of Primitive Peoples. By Daniel G. Brinton, A.M., M.D., LL.D., Sc.D., Professor of Archæology and Linguistics in the University of Pennsylvania. Crown octavo. Net, $1.50.

“...No book has yet appeared which brings the religious thought of all races and times within closer range of the modern reader; and to the reader who revels in tracing the psychic history of man, no book can be more welcome.”—Boston Transcript.

III. Cheyne—Jewish Religious Life after the Exile. By Rev. T. K. Cheyne, M.A., D.D., Oriel Professor of Interpretation of Holy Scripture in the University of Oxford, and formerly Fellow of Balliol College; Canon of Rochester. Crown octavo. Net, $1.50.

“Few men are as well qualified as Canon Cheyne to discuss the Jewish literature and life of the period covered by this course, and the treatment of the subject before us in this handsome volume is all that could be desired.... The whole book is exceedingly interesting and instructive.”—Universalist Leader.

IV. Budde—Religion of Israel to the Exile. By Karl Budde, D.D., Professor of Theology in the University of Strassburg. Crown octavo. Net, $1.50.

“The chief merit of Professor Budde’s book is its condensation. He gives a distinct view of the subject, undistracted by details. While the book will take its deserved place in the estimation of scholars it is also a book for the general reader.”—The Outlook.

V. Steindorff—The Religion of the Ancient Egyptians. By G. Steindorff, Ph.D., Professor of Egyptology at the University of Leipzig. Crown octavo. Net, $1.50.

“Presents in compact form and interesting style the latest information, and should find a place in every library of comparative religions.”—The Congregationalist.

VI. Knox—The Development of Religion in Japan. By George William Knox, D.D., Professor of the History and Philosophy of Religion in Union Theological Seminary, and Sometime Professor of Philosophy and Ethics at the Imperial University, Tokyo.

Crown octavo, net, $1.50

“A notable addition to this excellent series.”—The Churchman.

“The author is peculiarly qualified for appreciative treatment of his subject.”—The Outlook.

VII. Bloomfield—The Religion of the Veda. The Ancient Religion of Veda (from Rig-Veda to Upanishads). By Maurice Bloomfield, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Sanscrit and Comparative Philology in the Johns Hopkins University.

Crown octavo. $1.50 net. By mail, $1.65

“It presents interestingly, and brings out as markedly as possible the development of the religious thought of the Veda in distinction from myth and ceremony.”—N. Y. Times.

VIII. Cumont—Astrology and Religion among The Greeks and Romans. By Franz Cumont, Ph.D., LL.D., Conservator of the “Musée du Cinquantenaire,” Brussels.

M. Cumont shows the influence which Oriental star-worship exercised on the beliefs of the Greco-Roman world and how it led to a transformation of the old paganism and prepared the coming of Christianity.

IX. Jastrow—Aspects of Religious Belief and Practice in Babylonia and Assyria. By Morris Jastrow, Jr., Ph.D., Professor of Semitic Languages in the University of Pennsylvania.

With 54 Illustrations and a Map and Chronological Lists of the Rulers of Babylonia and Assyria.

Crown octavo. $2.25 net. By mail, $2.45

Professor Jastrow has during many years made a special study of the religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians, and has contributed many authoritative volumes and papers embodying the results of his researches.