PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO
MYTHOLOGY AND THE LAW OF
NATIONS.
BY
LORD ARUNDELL OF WARDOUR.
LONDON:
BURNS, OATES, & COMPANY,
17 & 18 PORTMAN STREET, AND 63 PATERNOSTER ROW.
1872.
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE | |
| PREFACE, | [ix] | |
| MEMOIR OF COLONEL GEORGE MACDONELL, C.B., | [xix] | |
| I. | THE LAW OF NATIONS, | [1] |
| II. | THE LAW OF NATURE, | [20] |
| III. | PRIMITIVE LIFE, | [26] |
| IV. | CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TRADITION, | [55] |
| V. | CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SCIENCE, | [72] |
| VI. | PALMER ON EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY, | [92] |
| VII. | THE TRADITION OF THE HUMAN RACE, | [105] |
| VIII. | MYTHOLOGY, | [157] |
| IX. | ASSYRIAN MYTHOLOGY, | [182] |
| X. | THE TRADITION OF NOAH AND THE DELUGE, | [210] |
| XI. | DILUVIAN TRADITIONS IN AFRICA AND AMERICA, | [242] |
| XII. | SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON TRADITION, | [283] |
| XIII. | NOAH AND THE GOLDEN AGE, | [323] |
| XIV. | SIR H. MAINE ON THE LAW OF NATIONS, | [338] |
| XV. | THE DECLARATION OF WAR, | [386] |