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.