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AN ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF ITS PUBLICATIONS
COVERING A PERIOD OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS (1887-1907)
THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING COMPANY
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"God — An Enquiry and a Solution"
By Paul Carus, Editor of The Open Court and The Monist Boards, Cloth Back . Price $1.00 net (4s. 6d. net)
THE God-conception here presented is that of the God of Science, not of nescience. The author combats agnosti- cism and the God here preached is not that unknowable being whose existence can not be proved and whose nature is a logical impossibility. The God of science is that principle which constitutes the cosmic order of natural law, and which in the religious development of mankind is discovered as the authority of conduct. He is a God whose existence even the atheist can not deny.
One reader who looks upon religion as a huge aberration of the human mind said to the author: "People will say that the book is written by an atheist," and the author replied, "I would make no objection if they only modify the statement by saying 'written by an atheist who loves God.' '
The author claims that his God is the only true God, and that other God-conceptions, especially the traditional views of the churches are only surrogates, which did service so long as the truth was not yet forthcoming.
The author calls this new and scientific doctrine of God "theonomy" which bears the same relation to theology as does astronomy to astrology.
REVIEWS
"Paul Carus is a clear thinker. His book is stimulating. We have read every word of it with unflagging interest. It helps one greatly in thinking about the mystery of all mysteries, the mystery of God." — Universalist Leader.
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"A clear statement of a modern view which is neither panthe- istic nor personal." — Religious Education.
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Dr. Cams' work on "God" is one of the finest and most helpful books on the subject we have seen. It is written in a clear, forceful style, and in a broad, sympathetic spirit. Every
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person struggling with intellectual doubt and uncertainty should get a copy. It is illuminating. — Fellowship.
Rev. James Hastings, editor of The Expository Times, Lon- don, says:
"At the office of THE OPEN COURT in Chicago Dr. Paul Carus, the indefatigable and the brave, has published five volumes together. Five volumes of most unmistakably religious interest, and each vying with the other in independence. This is the first article in the creed of Dr. Carus — independence. Tradition is nothing, and the idea which so irresistibly sent Newman into the Roman Church, the idea that *the whole world' cannot be wrong, is pure heresy to Dr. Paul Carus and to those who write for him. The 'whole world' is more likely to be wrong than not. The 'whole world' almost always has been wrong. But, right or wrong, the 'whole world' is nothing to Dr. Carus. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind." — Expository Times.
The Foundations of Mathematics
A Contribution to the Philosophy of Geometry
By Paul Carus Cloth, Gilt Top 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
"THE OPEN COURT COMPANY is best known for its books
upon religion, philosophy, and Oriental subjects. As a notable side specialty, however, it has published a remarkable list of works upon mathematics. These are not school-books in the usual sense of the word, but works in which some special phase or problem of mathematical science is presented for reading by the general public and for the delight of those who have a mathe- matical penchant. A full dozen of such books have been printed so far, among them such as T. Sundara Row's "Geometric Ex- ercises in Paper-Folding," Schubert's "Mathematical Essays and Recreations," and White's "Scrap-Book of Elementary Mathe- matics, Notes, Recreations, Essays." The Company has also issued two series of finely executed portraits of mathematicians,
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twenty in all, in two portfolios. These portraits are admirably adapted to framing." — Frederic!? Starr in Unity, University of Chicago.
THE enormous significance of the formal sciences makes it desirable that any one who attempts to philosophize should understand the nature of mathematics. Plato was con- vinced that the knowledge of the science of form was indis- pensable and he wrote over his school the injunction that no one not versed in geometry should enter.
The need of a philosophical basis of mathematics appears in the search for it which showed itself in the doubts which beset the axiom of parallels. In the present book the author discusses first the history of the notion of axioms and especially the axiom of parallels; the attempts at solving the problems by Gauss, Rie- mann, Lobatschevsky, Bolyai, Grassmann and others; and then enters into a discussion of the philosophical basis of mathematics, the problems of the a priori, of anyness, of space, the uniqueness of pure space, mathematical and physiological space, etc. He shows that mathematics does not start from nothing but it only excludes particularity and retains the logical consistency as well as the idea of pure activity. It is shown how in building up pure space the idea of a straight line necessarily originates, and why it is indispensable.
The nature and the significance of the a priori are set forth so as to dispel all mysticism that sometimes adheres to the idea, and the new term "anyness" contributes not a little to throw light on the nature of mathematical reasoning.
Among other important topics discussed in this book we will mention the author's method of explaining the nature of straight lines, the plane, and the right angle as "even boundaries." His construction of tridimensional space is created from what he calls "the scope of motion in infinite directions." While touching upon the subject of imaginary spaces, the conception of a four-dimen- sional space is made thinkable with the help of three mirrors placed at right angles.
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The chapters on the Superreal, Discrete Units, the Con- tinuum, Infinitude, and the Epilogue proclaiming the God of Mathematics will be of interest to any thoughtful reader.
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"It will be worth the while of any thinking man to read with some painstaking Dr. Paul Cams' "The Foundations of Mathe- matics." Most of us think of figures as something that cannot be at fault; "figures won't lie even though liars may figure," being one way of showing the faith reposed in them. But Dr. Carus takes apart the geometry of Euclid and has a most enjoyable time with parallel lines and with the conception that the angles of a triangle are always equal to two right angles. . . . Dr. Carus has in addition a demonstration of the possibilities of space of four dimensions which comes as near to explaining the humanly inexplicable as anything can in words and diagrams. He shows that there are more kinds of geometry than Euclid dreamed and names the essentials of several. Take it all in all, there has been no small book recently published more provocative of thought along certain lines than this." — Chicago Daily News.
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"Dr. Carus discusses these matters and the history of Mathe- maticians who have developed geometry, briefly but interestingly, showing that in spite of the innovations of modern metageometri- cians, Euclid's claim to classicism remains unshaken." — Army
and Navy Journal.
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"This work is a very notable and valuable addition to the list of THE OPEN COURT mathematical publications. The author, who is not a mathematician, but a philosopher, has given a very clear exposition of a subject about which there is general misunderstanding and contention. Dr. Carus is a lucid writer, and his discussion of the "Parallel Theorem," the "Fourth Dimension" and other equally interesting subjects is put in such a non-technical form as to be easily understood by the non-mathe- matical reader. In his Epilogue, Dr. Carus brings out strongly the analogy between mathematics and religion, the ultimate and
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unchangeable form of being and God. A very interesting and readable book for all classes of readers." — The American Mathe- matical Monthly.
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"Those who are attracted by such problems as are given in Andrews' "Magic Squares and Cubes," to which we lately re- ferred, soon find themselves considering the mysteries of causes. Such students will find of special interest the little book just issued on "The Foundations of Mathematics," by Dr. Paul Cams, editor of THE OPEN COURT, who contributed several chapters in the volume of Magic Squares. In a clear and popular way Dr. Carus reviews the history of geometry, shows how the basis of mathematics is philosophy and considers different geometrical systems and metaphysical geometry, dealing with such puzzles as space of four dimensions and the infinitude of space and time."- E. R. Chadbourn in The Weekly Inter Ocean and Farmer.
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"For those who are interested in mathematics — that is in the philosophy of mathematics — this book will come as a delight. It is written in delightfully clear and understandable manner so that even those who are not mathematicians will read with pleas- ure."— Business Philosopher.
"The Bride of Christ— A Study in Christian Legend Lore"
By Paul Carus Boards, Cloth Back Price 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
The legend of St. Catharine, the bride of Christ, though once very popular, is almost forgotten now. The puritan spirit, so powerful among Protestants, which wants religion pure and simple without romance and sometimes even without the adornment of art, has affected even the Roman Catholics, and yet the legend is full of charm and is apt to fascinate even the unbeliever.
Though the legend is neglected now, the idea of a bride of Christ is still alive even in Protestant hymns, where following the precedent of St. Paul and the traditions of the mystics, the bride represents either the Church or the soul.
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"The Bride of Christ — A Study in Christian Legend Lore"
The story of the bride of Christ possesses an additional in- terest to the student of religion who is able to trace its history and compare it with its pagan prototypes. This is done in the present book and it is done with an appreciation of the religious sentiment that has produced the legend and inspired innumerable artists to give a worthy presentation of this conception of ideal womanhood.
"Paralipomena— Remains of Gospels and Sayings of Christ"
By Bernhard Pick Boards, Cloth Back Price 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
"This most fascinating anthology of Logia ... a little book of extraordinary interest, and one which is evidently the fruit of extraordinary labor. In it he has collected more of the extra canonical "Sayings" than have ever before been brought together in English. . . . The fragments here brought to- gether are in many cases so intrinsically true and beautiful as to be well worth our study, though their authenticity be at best hypothetical. " — London Spectator.
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Prof. Nestle of Maulbrown writes: "I shall place your book at the side of Resch to have it easily at hand. Please accept my heartiest thanks that you mention contributions of mine (in the Bibliography) which I myself would have difficulty to refer to."
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Alfred Resch, the famous author of Agrapha, writes: "Your Paralipomena was a great joy to me. With great interest have I examined the texts of your excellent book, which are very com- plete, and I have incorporated your book into my department of Agrapha. Many good acquaintances have I found in your col- lection, and was reminded of my former lucubrations."
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"All students of the beginnings of Christianity will be grateful to Dr. Pick for this collection of materials from other sources than the New Testament. He has gathered more non-canonical sayings than any of his predecessors in this field of publication and furnishes an admirably complete bibliography." — Unity.
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"Paralipomena — Remains of Gospels and Sayings of Christ"
"No student of the Bible, whatever his attitude, should over- look this study help," — Frederick Starr in Unity.
"All students of the New Testament and even those who cannot claim to make it a study will be interested in this volume by Dr. Pick."— Records of the Past.
"The present collection is in many respects far more complete than all former ones, especially on account of the bibliography which fills more than 25 pages. The work is evidently intended to acquaint larger circles with the results of the investigation in the Agrapha literature. Very few Greek words are given, but the translation of the fragments and sayings is accompanied by explanatory remarks. The sources from which the fifty-three scattered sayings are taken, are given in alphabetical order, begin- ning with Abgar's epistle and ending with the life of Schnudi. The appendix contains the Apocalypse of Peter, the bibliography and index. The bibliography makes the book especially valuable to scholars." — Eb. Nestle in Theologisches Liter aturblatt, Leip- zig.
"Is a valuable addition to the pastor's library of Christian sources." — Lutheran Observer.
"With pleasure I examined your book. By it you no doubt rendered an important service to the English readers." — Prof. Dr. E. Preuschen.
"Life and Ministry of Jesus"
By Rudolph Otto, translated by H. J. Whitby, D. D. Boards, Cloth Back Price 50 cents net (2s. 6d. net)
"The Open Court Company has rendered a great service to the churches by publishing this version of an admirable German work. It is an outline of the life and preaching of Jesus as seen
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by one who has mastered the critical and historical method of reading the sources of our knowledge. Both as regards substance and form the presentation is altogether admirable; and, if an inquirer should seek a brief, trustworthy, tactful, and balanced statement of the results of critical study, the reviewer would in the first instance recommend this little book. It ought to be absorbed into the mind of every teacher in our Sunday schools."
— The Christian Register.
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Prof. Baumgarten, of Kiel, said of it, on its first appearance : "This work is distinguished by a complete openness of criticism and great simplicity of attitude. The sections dealing with Jesus' miracles, the resurrection, and Jesus' gospel of the Kingdom are models for the popularization of scientific research."
"We shall look long before we find a nobler and juster appre- ciation of the essence of what Jesus taught than we may read here. . . . May this excellent book have a wide reading, and so contribute to a juster and saner estimate of a supremely great man." —Henry Preserved Smith in Unity.
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"To those who have the mind to rise above the traditional to the real essence of the gospel the book will appeal. It is clear and simple, and at the same time profound. It is brief and yet contains enough to make plain the author's purpose. In fact it has a great advantage over the larger treatises, in that it will be certainly read and will lend inspiration to its readers." — Spring- field Republican.
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"If this is the kind of work that German pastors are doing, their congregations are to be congratulated. . . . The lec- tures are exceedingly simple and entirely uncontroversial. Indeed, they are examples of the true spirit for such work. We have never met within the same limits any description of the teachings of Jesus as illuminating, comprehensive and satisfying as is the lecture on that subject, with which the book closes." — The Uni- versalist Leader.
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"What We Know About Jesus"
By Charles F. Dole, D. D. Boards, Cloth Back Price 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
"Dr. Dole's book is of great value in relating life and thought."-— The Springfield Republican.
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"He is to be congratulated on his open expression of his sincere convictions in the quest of truth."-— The Public.
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"Coming at a time in the development of the Unitarian move- ment when our creedless faith is attracting attention more gen- erally than ever before, this volume of mature study and broad treatment of Jesus is most opportune."- — The Pacific Unitarian.
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"We deem this little book one of extremely wholesome worth; the sort of book which many of our teachers and ministers need in order to take sane reckonings of the final warrants of the Chris- tian faith."-— The Unitarian.
"Jesus and Modern Religion"
By Edwin A. Rumball Boards, Cloth Back Price 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
"He tells us he was once an orthodox student of divinity. Doubts came and he sought the truth, and in this book he tells what is the life of freedom and how he reached it. Jesus is the child of his age; he is now a bygone leader; the imagination of his time made him perfect and complete; the real Jesus is not the one in the gospels; crime is a weakness. There are many inter- esting things in this volume, showing the struggles of a human soul." — The United Brethren Review.
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"Again Jesus. But not the Jesus we knew before or even heard of. Mr. Pumball is independent. He does one thing well. He shows how monstrous a creation is the 'neo-Hegelian' Jesus, the Jesus who is nothing historically and everything ideally." — Expository Times, London.
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"Bel, the Christ of Ancient Times"
By Hugo Radau Boards, Cloth Back Price 75 cents net (3s. 6d. net)
"Dr. Hugo Radau has just published a very interesting little book on Bel, the Christ of Ancient Times, which ought to attract others besides Assyriologists. The first part of it is intended for the Assyriologist only; the second part, however, appeals to the theologian and the general public. In it he seeks to show that the primitive Babylonian regarded the world as the product of a marriage between heaven and earth, considered as husband and wife, which made them 'one flesh/ so that either of the two was at once 'heaven and earth* or 'husband and wife.* The wed- ding festival took place at the beginning of spring, and typified a resurrection of nature, the New Year's festival being in its origin a festival of rising from the dead. This is an important fact, and I think Dr. Radau has gone far to prove it ... Dr. Radau's division of the history of Babylonian religion, and therewith of Babylonia itself, into three periods — Sumerian, Canaanite, and Assyrian — is very suggestive. I would only add to it a * Baby Ionian' epoch which intervened between the Sumerian and the Canaanite; and I hope that the early religious texts from the temple library of Nippur which he has been engaged in copy- ing will soon be made public." — A. H. Sayce in Expository
Times.
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"The scholarship of the author, however, is unquestioned, and is abundantly in evidence in the book before us." — Henry Preserved Smith in Unity.
"The whole opusculum is a noteworthy contribution to the subject of Babylonian religious beliefs, and may be regarded as a strong support of the theory of revelation based on man's spiritual instinct. Indeed, it is not improbable that the arguments which the Rev. Hugo Radau puts forth will be considered by many as useful for the support of the faith of the Christian nations of the world in general."-— T. G. Pinches in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, January, 1909.
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The Fragments of Empedocles
Translated into English verse by Wm. Ellery Leonard, Ph. D. Author of " Sonnets and Poems" and "Byronism in America''
THE lover of genuine verse will rejoice in a work of this kind. The pleasure and surprise of an old idea, freshly and vig- orously put, provides intellectual delight. Mr. Leonard has rendered a fine translation which is scholarly, musical and poetic. It is not alone these qualities which commend the book to an appreciative reader, it is rather the strong pulse of truth made clear in every thought of the old Mediterranean Greek who lived a contemporary of the great Athenians about Pericles. He was not only a statesman and philosopher, but a poet, a won- derful personality, an egotistic melancholy, eloquent soul.
OF the many works imputed to Empedocles by antiquity, pre- sumably only two are genuine, the poems "On Nature" and the "Purifications." Of these we possess only frag- ments. These were imperfectly collected late in the Renaissance, first by the great German Xylander who translated them into Latin, In 1575, Stephanus published his "Empedocles Fragmenta," but not until the 1 9th century, did they get the attention they deserved.
"What must be said, may well be said twice over."
"More will I tell thee too; there is no birth Of all things mortal, nor end in ruinous death; But mingling only and interchange of mixed There is, and birth is but its name with men. "
— Empedocles.
There are several prose translations in Latin, rather loose, and this present work by Mr. Leonard is, so far as is known, the only translation into English verse.
A conscientious attempt on the part of a lover of literature and philosophy to present the Fragments of Empedocles in English blank verse that shall bring out their poetry no less than their meaning; accompanied by the Greek text of Diels, notes interpreting the ideas of each fragment, and an essay on the author as man, philosopher and poet.
Printed on feather weight paper, large type, gilt top
100 pp. Price $1.00 net (4s. 6d. net)
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"The Scope and Content of the Science of Anthropology"
By Juul Dieserud
r"T1HIS is a valuable reference book for libraries and serious students.
"The Science of Anthropology," according to Topinard, "is that branch of natural history which treats of man, and the races of men." Mr. Dieserud starts his valuable book with an anthro- pology which is the science of the human race as a whole, and divides it into
1 I ) The science of what man has in common with animals; and,
(2) The science of what man has that animals have not.
Mr. Dieserud gives the ripest results of a labor of years, as a constructive practical classifier of anthropological literature, first in Chicago and now in the Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
The book contains three parts besides the Appendix and Index to bibliography.
Part I. Treats of the Scope and Content of Anthropology.
Part II. The Classification itself, in about 1 000 subdivisions.
Part III. Contains a chronological bibliography of some 230 works chiefly used. The titles in the Bibliography are each fol- lowed by an extensive extract or synopsis showing the point of view in the work. This feature alone as a time-saving aid to students, is invaluable.
Mr. Dieserud's system of classification is mature, intelligent, clear and practical. He gives just that survey of the various uses of terms which is needed to orient the classifier, and it is useful in the highest degree to any one who deals with any system of classification.
Any study of racial development which aims at practical results, calls for a knowledge of just such facts as are stated by Mr. Dieserud in a reasonable, clear and comprehensive style. He makes no pretension to finality or even "workableness."
A private endowment of two million dollars was made last year for the sole purpose of studying the racial elements which are combining in the present American type of nationality.
Whether or not the seething human cauldron in America will ever crystallize a typical form out of the various races and nationalities pouring into it, from every land on the globe, is a ques- tion which must appeal to every student of human forces.
200 pages, cloth, gilt top, $2.00 net (8s. 6d. net)
Also supplied in sheets, $1.50 (6s. 6d. net)
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New Books, Songs and Music
"THE PHILOSOPHER'S MARTYRDOM." A Satire, by Paul Cams. Illus- trated and daintily bound. 67 pp. Boards with cloth back. Price, $1.00. (4s. 6d.)
"OUTLINES OF MAHAYANA BUDDHISM." Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki. 420 pp. $1.25 net.*
"THE MESSIANIC HOPE OF THE SAMARITANS." Jacob, Son of Aaron. High Priest of the Samaritans. Handsomely illustrated and very inter- esting. Edited with an introduction by W. E. Barton. Price, 25c. (Is.)
"PERSONA." By F. Max Mueller. 22 pp. Paper. 25 cents.
"PSYCHOLOGY OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM." An extract from "The Soul of Man" by Paul Carus. Price, 30 cents. (Is. 6d.)
SPINOZA'S SHORT TREATISE ON "GOD, MAN, AND HUMAN WEL- FARE." Translated from the Dutch by Lydia G. Robinson. XXVI + 178 pp. Price, $1.25 net. (6s. net.)
"BUDDHISM." By Prof. T. W. Rhys Davids, LL. D. Price, 40 cents net.
"THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT MEXICO AND PERU." By Lewis Spence. Price, 40 cents net.
"THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT PALESTINE." By Stanley A. Cook. Price, 40 cents net.
"EARLY CHRISTIANITY." By S. B. Slack. Price, 40 cents net.
"DISEASES OF MEMORY." By Th Ribot. 209 pages. Price, $1.50 net.*
Two Interesting Pamphlets on "Spiritualism and the Occult"
"HISTORY OF A STRANGE CASE." By David P. Abbott. 50 pp. 15
cents postpaid. "THE MARVELOUS CREATIONS OF JOSEFFY." 25 pp. 15 illustrations.
15 cents postpaid.
Patriotic Songs and Music
Words by Dr. Paul Carus
I. AMERICAN WAR SONG, "Columbia's Sons, Take Up Your Arms." Music by Robert Goldbeck. Words by Paul Carus.
Song and Chorus, with Cornet and Drums $0.50
II. AMERICAN WAR MARCH. Transcribed for the piano from the
song, "Columbia's Sons, Take Up Your Arms," by Robert Goldbeck, ,35
III. UNFURL THE FLAG. Music by Charles Crozat Converse.
Words by Paul Carus . .40
Ilia. The same, 8vo 20
IV. UNFURL THE FLAG. Music by Oliver H. P. Smith. Words by
Paul Carus 50
IVa. The same, transcribed for the piano 40
IV6. The same, arranged for 4 voices. 8vo. . . . • . . . .15 V. OUR FLAG. Music by Robert Goldbeck. Words by Paul Carus, .40 VI. THE ANGLO-SAXON ALLIANCE. A song of international friendship. Music by C. Crozat Converse. Words by Paul Carus. Solo and refrain for mixed voices. 40
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TION OF AUTHORS AND CONTENTS, INCLUDING ALSO A
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Dictionary Catalogue by Authors 3
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Religions: Ancient and Modern . 186
Important Articles by Prominent Scholars . . 188
Index of Titles, Classified by Subject . 197
Index of Names, Titles and Illustrations , 203
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to promote among their partisans, by all means in their power, . . . a like spirit of brotherly regard and honest respect for the beliefs of others. (3) To discourage amongst the various peoples they serve as religious guides, all such practices and ceremonies as, not consti- tuting an essential part of their faith, are the strongest barriers to union. (4) To promote all such measures as will advance progress and enlightenment, .... among the people of their own faith and nationality.. (5) To regard it as part of their holiest work on earth to enlist all men of ability and influence wnth whom they are brought into contact in the same noble cause."
Chinese Fiction.
By the REV. GEORGE T. CANDLIN. With illustrations from original Chinese works, specimen facsimile reproductions of texts, and translations of representative passages. Pages, 51. Paper, 20 cents. (9d.)
Giving a clear and vivid account of Chinese Romantic litera- ture and a resume of fourteen of the most famous novels, besides many translations of bits of Chinese verse, both sad and gay.
"Many long quotations from plays, poems, and stories are given, and the pamphlet is a source of great pleasure. The pictures, too, are charming."
— The Chicago Times-Herald.
"Little we know of the ways of that other far Eastern world, yet such glimpses of their thought life as Dr. Candlin gives us open new and broad vistas before us." — Nezv York Herald.
ARTICLE BY MR. CANDLIN.
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DR. PAUL CARUS.
DR. PAUL CARUS, born in Germany and educated at German universities, held the position of Oberlehrer at the Royal Corps of Cadets at Dresden. Though the appointment was for life, he re- signed for the sake of maintaining his independence of thought, and after a short stay in England settled in the United States. Having held some minor positions, he took charge of The Open Court, December 1, 1887, and has ever since remained the manager of The Open Court Publishing Company. His views may be charac- terized both as monism and posithnsm, though his philosophy differs considerably from Haeckel's monism, which is practically material- ism, and even more so from the French positivism of Comte and from agnosticism, its English equivalent.
Briefly stated, he would systematize the facts of experience into a consistent and unitary world-conception. He has characterized his position in a motto on the title page of his Fundamental Prob- lems as follozvs:
"Not agnosticism but positive Science,
Not mysticism but clear thought, Neither supernaturalism nor materialism
But a unitary conception of the world, Not dogma but Religion,
Not creed but faith."
Dr. Carus published two books in German, Metaphysik in Wissen- schaft, Ethik und Religion, and Ursache Grund und Zzv'eck. TJie former discusses the significance of philosophy in science, in the . domain of morality and in religious doctrine, showing that a definite world-conception underlies all our intellectual life; while in the latter is pointed out for the first time the difference between cause and reason which, simple though it is, is of paramount importance in scientific and philosophic thought. The confusion that generally prevails on tliis subject is1 the source of innumerable errors in the systems of the great philosophers from Aristotle down to the present day. Dr. Cams has again treated the same problem in his later publications, especially in Fundamental Problems and in the Primer of Philosophy.
"Dr. Carus stands among those philosophers who set themselves in accord with their time. His ideal is to unify the activities of the world, or, to speak more accurately, to help others to perceive their unity. His philosophy is in accord with whatever is best in scientific, or inventive, or artistic achieve- ment. He stands with Comte, with Whitman, and with Emerson in his advocacy of eternal interrogation and efficient creativeness. The religion of Dr. Carus has this practical application — to perform the day's efficient task, believing all things, hoping all things, trusting all things, and proving all things. This is a clean, clear, definite and heartening propaganda."
— Elia W . Peattie in the Chicago Tribune. , •
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BUDDHISM.
Buddhism and Its Christian Critics.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. New and Revised Edition. Pages, 311. $1.25. (6s. 6d.)
CONTENTS: The Origin of Buddhism; The Philosophy of Buddhism ; The Psychological Problem ; The Basic Concepts of Buddhism ; Buddhism and Christianity ; Christian Critics. Buddhism, so important in the history of religion on account of its many parallels to Christianity, is greatly misunderstood and misrepresented. The present book sets forth in brief, but sufficiently detailed outlines, the origin of Buddhism, its phi- losophy, its psychology, and its underlying world-conception contrasting it with Christianity, pointing out similarities, dis- cussing the probabilities of a mutual influence, and finally criticizing the leading Christian critics of Buddhism. Dr. Carus shows a sympathetic attitude toward Buddhism, with- out, however, opposing Christianity. He pays considerable attention to the mission problem, and advocates missions for the purpose of mutual exchange of thought.
"What our author says of missionaries should be read and heeded by mis- sionaries everywhere. As a study in comparative religion, as a demarcation between the abstraction and passivity of Buddhism and the activity and salva- tion-in-struggle of Christianity, Dr. Carus's volume is admirable. It is hardly less so in its illuminative description of the origin, basic concepts, philosophy and psychology of Buddhism itself. The author's calm judicial-mindedness and absence of mere sentimentalism peculiarly fit him for the work." — Outlook. 'The enlightened Buddhist would he helped by it, and there is not a sectarian Christian on the planet who might not be broadened or softened by it. It is a reconciling book." — The Coming Dtay} London.
The Dharma.
Or the Religion of Enlightenment, An Exposition of Buddhism, By DR. PAUL CARUS. Fifth edition. Revised and enlarged. 1907. Pages, xii, 167. Price, 25 cents. (Is.)
The Dharma is a systematic exposition of Buddhist doctrines, containing, First, quotations of the typical tenets formulated in Twelve Articles, then, an outline of the Abidharma, the Buddhist philosophy, and finally, explanations refuting some popular errors. Not the least noteworthy is a collection of gems of Buddhist poetry. The book is heartily recommended and endorsed by leading Buddhist priests of different countries.
"A compact and comprehensive exposition of Buddhism." — Boston Globe. "If you wish to see truth in simplicity, study this exposition of Buddhism. You will be ashamed to call yourself Presbyterian, or Methodist, or Baptist, and wish that you might be a true and sincere Buddhist. . . Truth derived from Buddhism enables us to understand the Prophets and the Gospels aright."
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BUDDHISM (Con.)
The Gospel of Buddha.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Eleventh edition. 1905. Pages, 275. Cloth, $1.00. (5s.)
Das Evangelium Buddhas.
A German translation of "The Gospel of Buddha." Pages, 352. Cloth, $1.25. (5 marks.)
The sacred books of Buddhism are very voluminous, and the Scriptures referring to the life of its founder have never been systematically compiled. Soon after the Religious Parliament, when Dr. Carus had been thrown into contact with living, representatives of this remarkable faith, he undertook this long- needed work, and he did it in a conservative as well as sympa- thetic way, arranging translations of the several sources of the life of the Buddha in one connected narration, introducing his doctrines, together with the occasion on which they were taught. The book has proved an unparalleled success, for it has become an authoritative book with the Buddhists. It is used in temples and schools in Japan, Ceylon, and other Bud- dhist countries, and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese (two translations), Urdu, Bengali, Teluga, Siamese, Tamil, Malay, etc. ; further into German, Dutch, French and Spanish.
"The book will help its readers to a clearer conception of the character of the sweetest of the pagans." — Chicago Evening Post.
"In addition to a very luminous and suggestive preface, Dr. Carus furnishes a table of references, showing at an eye-glance the sources of his extracts and the parallelism in the gospels. He gives also a glossary of names and terms, a method of pronunciation and a good index. The simplicity of this presen- tation, the freedom of the text from notes or uncouth and' outlandish dia- critical points, and the general arrangement of the work are admirable. . It is admirably fitted to be a handbook for the single reader or for classes."
— The Critic.
"A volume which many readers will find full of fascinating interest. . . Read with a pretty wakeful discrimination, this is a book which is fitted to widen one's thought as to the religious nature of man everywhere ; to con- vince one of the truth that God has nowhere left himself without witness."
— The Advance.
"Dr. Carus's book is one which will be appreciated by many a student of {he religions of the world, who will find here the best thoughts of the great oriental faith put into readable shape by a clever, a learned, and a sympathetic scholar." — Secular Thought.
"A series of chapters of extracts from the words of Buddha, from what for the Buddhist corresponds to our Bible, so to express it. Many chapters are beautiful in form and noble in sentiment. It is not offered in hostility to Christianity but for study in connection with the latter and in the hope of promoting spiritual reflection." — The Congregatrionalist.
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BUDDHISM (Con.) The Gospel of Buddha (Con.)
"The book furnishes very pleasant reading, and we lay it down with the feel- ing that if the Hindus, and the Chinese, and the Japanese, who are mostly Buddhists, conform their lives to the doctrines taught by their great masters, they will fare well both in this world and the next." — New York Herald.
"The book is undoubtedly the best popular work on Buddhism in the English language. . . I think Dr. Carus presents an accurate account of Buddhism in his work." — D. B. Jayatilaka, B. A., Plead Master Buddhist High School, Kandy, Ceylon.
"I have read the work and like it immensely. I shall use it in our English schools." — A. E. Buultjens, B. A., Principal of Ananda College, and General Manager of Buddhist Schools at Colomba, Ceylon.
"It is a perfect exposition of Buddha's life, his doctrine and his order; it is most instructive and impressive." — Translated from the Jio-Do-Kioho.
Portfolio of Buddhist Art, Historical and Modern.
Illustrations of Representative Monuments and Other Pictures. Collected by DR. PAUL CARUS. Thirty-one plates and descrip- tive text. 50 cents net. (2s. 6d. net.)
This is a collection representative of different periods and types chosen almost at random from a wealth of innumerable art productions that have originated under the influence of the Bud- dhist religion. One novel feature consists in the illustrations of Dr. Carus's Gospel of Buddha painted by Eduard Biedermann, who offers in these pictures a modern interpretation of the Buddhist ideal, basing a Western treatment upon a historical conception.
Stories of Buddhism.
A trilogy by DR. PAUL CARUS, comprising Karma.
A Story of Buddhist Ethics. Illustrated by Kwasong Suzuki. American edition. Pages, 47. 15 cents.
Nirvana.
A Story of Buddhist Psychology. Illustrations by Kwasong Suzuki. Pages, 93. Boards, 60 cents net.
Amitabha.
A Story of Buddhist Theology. Pages, 121. Boards, 50 cents net.
The three will be sent to one address for $1.00. It should be noticed that the Japanese crepe edition of KARMA is not included in this offer. If desired, add 60 cents to above offer to include it.
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BUDDHISM (Con.) Karma, A Story of Early Buddhism.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Third Japanese art edition. Quaint water-color illustrations. Crepe paper, tied in silk. 75 cents. (3s. 6d.)
Karma, A Story of Buddhist Ethics.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Illustrated by Kwasong Suzuki. 1903. American edition. Pages, 47. 15 cents. (lOd.)
Karma, eine buddhistische Erzahlung.
The same in German, with illustrations in outline, 35 cents.
The story of Karma drives home in a direct and forcible way the advisability of good will toward all. Count Tolstoi commended it for both "its artlessness and its profundity." He translated the story into Russian, and hence was supposed in certain re-translations from Russian into French, German and English to be its author. When he discovered the error he wrote: "I deeply regret not only that such a falsehood was allowed to pass unchallenged, but also the fact that it was a falsehood in reality, for I should be very happy were I the author of this tale .... It is one of the best products of national wisdom, and ought to be bequeathed to all mankind."
"A thing of rare beauty." — Boston Daily Advertiser. "Simply a gem." — Presbyterian and Reformed Review.
"I read it aloud to children and they liked it. And amongst grown-up people its reading always gave rise to conversation about the gravest problems of life. And, to my mind, this is a very good recommendation."
— Count Leo Tolstoi.
'The story puts the tangled and mysterious doctrine of Karma in such clear and pretty lights that each chapter reads in epigram melodious as the proverbs and as absorbingly interesting as a fairy romance." — Chicago Daily News. "There is nothing in the shape of a holiday book on the market that so strongly appeals to the intelligent and cultivated reader as does this odd and beautiful publication." — The American Israelite.
"The tale is in Dr. Carus's loftiest vein. It at once charms and enslaves. The reader is held spellbound till the end is reached, and he rises a wiser and better man. The tale is as wholesome as it is sparkling, and as uplifting as it is frank and fearless." — The Gentleman's Journal.
ARTICLE IN COMMENT ON KARMA.
Sampietro's Mother. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Open Court. XIX, No. 595, p. 756.
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BUDDHISM (Con.) Nirvana, A Story of Buddhist Psychology.
By PAUL CARUS. Illustrations by Kwasong Suzuki. 1902. Pages, 93. Board, 60 cents net. (3s. net.)
In the development of its plot the story Nirvana contains an exposition of Buddhist psychology, together with an explana- tion of the Buddhist view of life after death.
"The scene is in a Brahman village in Northern Central India, and reminds one of parts of Mr. Rudyard Kipling's 'Jungle Books.' There is a charm- ing account of a wedding ceremony, after which the wise men discourse of the Tathagata as taught by a wandering disciple of Buddha."
— London Spectator.
"This little book deserves translation into the languages of all countries where Buddhism is either believed in or studied, for it works on the lines laid down by the Pali originals, to which (with commendable clearness of reference) it owes its inspiration. — The Athenaeum, London.
Amitabha, a Story of Buddhist Theology.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages, 121. Boards, 50 cents net. (2s. 6d.)
The story Amitabha has a historical setting in the ascend- ancy of the kingdom of Gandhara, under King Kanishka, whose interest in Buddhism and whose connection with Acvaghosha, the great Buddhist philosopher, are well known. The plot has unity of interest, but gives ample opportunity in discussion and incident to explain and illustrate some of the cardinal points of Buddhism, especially in regard to the way of salva- tion and the God-conception represented by Amitabha Buddha, the Source of Infinite Light and the Standard of Being, as distinct from the Brahman idea of a conscious personal deity.
The book is in an edition approximately uniform with Nirvana and contains a few explanatory notes and references in the back. The lettering on the brown board covers is in imitation of Sans- krit characters and the decoration is a detail from the frontis- piece of the book. This frontispiece is a reproduction of a statue found at Gandhara, which is supposed to be the oldest Buddhist statue now in existence. It is especially appropriate to accompany the story of Amitabha, for it represents the influence of the Greek sculptors who in Kanishka's reign ''flocked to Gandhara, transplanting the art of their home to the soil of India."
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THE BUDDHA OF GANDHARA. Reduced to form frontispiece of Carus's Amitabha.
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CHINA, ITS PHILOSOPHY, LIFE AND NOTA- BLE LITERATURE.
Chinese Philosophy.
Being an Exposition of the .Main Characteristic Features of Chinese Thought. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages, 62. Numer- ous diagrams, native characters and illustrations. Paper, 30 cents. (Is. 6d.)
It is a sketch, not an exhaustive treatise, and still less a history of Chinese philosophy. It purports to serve as an introduction to the intricacies of typically Chinese notions, explaining their symbols and revealing their mysteries in terse and intelligible language. The brevity is intentional, for the essay is meant to give a bird's-eye view of the Chinese world-conception. While appreciating the remarkable genius exhibited by the founders of the Chinese civilization, the author points out the foibles of the Chinese and traces them to their source. It is noteworthy that in spite of its candid and unreserved criticism, the essay was well received by the Chinese authorities and was granted the rare honor of being recommended by the Tsung Li Yamen of Peking, the Imperial Foreign Office, and placed on file in their archives.
A Chinese scholar writes : "When the Tsung Li Yamen volun- tarily certifies that a Western scholar fully understands Chi- nese philosophy, and the Book of Changes as an incidental sec- tion of the same, it would be well for those who happen to be interested in either of these topics to inquire what he has to say .... Suffice it to say that the author made a profound, if not an absolutely incomprehensible, topic to a certain extent luminous, and to an even greater degree interesting."
"The author gives in his introduction terse and discriminating characteriza- tions of the 'rare mixture of deep thought and idle speculations' which make up the Chinese philosophy, and in his conclusion expresses equally just opin- ions of China's present unhappy helplessness." — /. M. Foster, Swatow, China, in The American Journal of Theology.
"Valuable and of unquestioned reliability. The delineation of the philosophy that underlies the Chinese civilization is so ably done in these pages that the reader cannot fail to appreciate the causes which produce Chinese con- servatism."— Toledo Blade.
"There is no one in America better qualified than Dr. Carus to treat of this and kindred subjects. It has been his life study — and we know of no writer who can place so abstruse a subject in so interesting a form."
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Chinese Thought.
An Exposition of the Alain Characteristic Features of the Chinese World-Conception. By PAUL CARUS. Being a con- tinuation of the author's essay, Chinese Philosophy. Illus- trated. Index. Pages, 195. $1.00 net. (4s. 6d.)
This book contains much that is of very great interest in the development of Chinese culture. Beginning in the first chap- ter with a study of the earliest modes of thought-communica- tion among primitive people of different parts of the world, and tracing the growth of the present system of Chinese cali- graphy. In "Chinese Occultism" some interesting Oriental mystical ideas are explained as well as the popular methods of divination by means of trigrams and the geomancer's compass. In a special chapter the zodiacs of different nations are com- pared with reference to the Chinese zodiac and also as to a pos- sible common Babylonian origin. This chapter contains many rare and valuable illustrations representing almost all known zodiacs from those of Egypt to those of the natives of the West- ern hemisphere. The influence of Confucius is discussed, and a hurried recapitulation of the most important points in Chinese history is given, together with a review of the long novel which stands in the place of a national epic. Chinese characteristics and social conditions have their place in this volume as well as remarks upon the part played in China by Christian missions, and upon the introduction of Western commercialism. The author's object is to furnish the necessary material for a psy- chological appreciation of the Chinese by sketching the main characteristic features of the ideas wrhich dominate Chinese thought and inspire Chinese morality, hoping thereby to con- tribute a little toward the realization of peace and good will upon earth. Nowhere is there more solid information concern- ing things Chinese gathered into so small a compass as has been done here, and much of it has been dug out from recondite sources sometimes not easily accessible even to sinologists.
"The author is to be commended on the completeness and the erudition with which he has handled an obscure subject." — The Argonaut.
"To all interested in Chinese and other Eastern civilization this book will possess compelling fascination, so full is it of careful research, ably presented by one of the most competent scholars of the age."
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"The essential sanity and goodness of the Chinese character receives an appropriate tribute and its very faults are set forth as rather misapplied virtues ,than anything widely varying from our own conceptions of right and wrong." — The Chicago Daily News.
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CHINA (Con.) Chinese Life and Customs.
By' PAUL CARUS. With illustrations by Chinese artists. Pages, 114. 75 cents net. (3s. 6d. net.)
This book is little more than a compilation of Chinese illus- trations, accompanied with only as much text as will suffice to explain them, and what further material has been added is merely in the way of quotations from Chinese literature. The intention is to make the Chinese people characterize themselves by word and picture. Child rhymes, love 'lyrics and songs of revelry are introduced in translations from Chinese poetry which is recognized as classical. The illustrations which form the great body of the book are from one of the most authentic sources of information concerning modern life in China, unaf- fected by the aggressive Occidental foreigners. The book is divided into chapters on "Annual Festivities," "Industries and Foreign Relations," "Confucianism and Ancestor Worship," "Taoism and Buddhism," "Childhood and Education," "Be- trothal and Marriage," "Social Customs and Travels," "Sick- ness and Death."
"A unique book." — Louisville Courier-Journal.
"A simple presentation of the realities of things unmixed with any theorizing. . . The numerous illustrations are genuine specimens of Chinese art, full of quaintness and sometimes of quiet humor." — Glasgow Daily Herald.
"With each of the reproduced illustrations goes the explanation needed for complete understanding, whether the picture be one of the gods, of the cele- bration of a religious festival, of the planting of rice, or of boys in school. In this way nearly the whole of the life of the Chinese people finds exposition, and the western man can follow his eastern cousin into his home and through his entire days on earth with ready comprehension." — Chicago Daily News.
T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien.
Treatise of the Exalted One on Response and Retribution. Translated from the Chinese by TEITARO SUZUKI and DR. PAUL CARUS. Containing Chinese Text, Verbatim Transla- tion, Explanatory Notes and Moral Tales. Edited by DR. PAUL CARUS. 16 plates. Pages, 135. 1906. Boards, 75 cents net. (3s. 6d.)
Yin Chih Wen.
The Tract of the Quiet Way. With Extracts from the Chi- nese commentary. Translated by TIETARO SUZUKI and DR. PAUL CARUS. 1906. Pages, 48. 25 cents net. (Is. 6d.) Dr. Carus is the English editor of these two Chinese religious classics, and is also their joint-translator with Mr. Teitaro Suzuki. For a detailed characterization and comments see pages 160 and 162.
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WRITING A LOVE LETTER. From Carus's Chinese Life and Customs, p. 83.
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Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King.
Chinese-English. With Introduction, Transliteration, and Notes. By DR. PAUL CARUS. With a photogravure frontis- piece of the traditional picture of Lao-Tze, especially drawn for the work by an eminent Japanese artist. Appropriately bound in yellow and blue, with gilt top. Pages, 345. $3.00. (15s.)
Lao-tze, one of the most profound sages in the history of human civilization, who lived 600 years B. C., and 100 years before Buddha, left a most remarkable little treatise on Reason and Virtue, which is here reproduced in its Chinese text, accom- panied by translation and explanations so as to make even minute shades of the original accessible to the English reader.
The Canon of Reason and Virtue.
Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King. Translated into English from the Chinese by DR. PAUL CARUS. Separate reprint from the translator's larger work. Pages, 47. Paper, 30 cents. (Is. 6d.)
"Allow me to congratulate you on your capacity for seeing into mill-stones." — Rev. Arthur H. Smith, American Board of Missions, Tientsin, China. "It goes without saying that the task of obtaining sufficient acquaintance with the Chinese language to translate, under the conditions named, a book like that of Lao-Tze, is a gigantic one. Dr. Carus's success is little short of marvelous. He frequently cites the versions of others, and it seems clear that Dr. Carus has succeeded better than Dr. Legge or Dr. Chalmers in the passages where we are able to compare them — a very remarkable fact, indeed."
— North China Herald.
"I thank you heartily for your kindness in sending me a copy of your fine translation and critical exposition of Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King. It was years ago that I read it. Your publication of the Chinese text will be highly appre- ciated by all who want to make a study of the philosopher. As I read the text and then the translation, I am astonished how well you kept the original terseness and severe brevity in English."— Professor S. Watasc. "Nothing like this book exists in Chinese literature ; so lofty, so vital, so rest- ful. . . We have compared this translation with three others — two English, one German — and have no hesitation in saying it is the most satisfactory and serviceable as well as least expensive now accessible to the public. The bright cover of yellow and blue is very appropriate and suggestive of the Celestial Kingdom."— The Hartford Post.
"The Canon contains much that is in accord with Christian sentiment, though written before the time of Jesus. It is exceedingly interesting as showing that truth is the same for all time and by whomever presented."
—The Toledo Blade.
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LAO-TZE. Frontispiece to Carus's Lao-Tzc's Tao-Teh-King.
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PSYCHOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY.
The Soul of Man.
An Investigation of the Facts of Physiological and Experi- mental Psychology. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Third edition. 1905. With an Appendix on the latest researches in Physiol- ogy. 182 diagrams. Pages, xviii, 482. Price, cloth, $1.50 net. (6s. net.)
This is a popular exposition of psychology, treating first the philosophical problems of the .origin of mind, and the rise of organized life, together with kindred topics, the question of vitalism, feeling and motion, nature of memory, etc. It then discusses the physiology of brain-activity from the standpoint of evolution, as well as comparative anatomy. This part of the book is fully illustrated, and affords an opportunity for a layman to acquire an insight into the physiology of both animal and human brain functions in their relation to psychical proc- esses. Of especial interest may be considered the chapter on the "Immortality of the Race and the Data of Propagation." The rest of the book is devoted to specifically psychological chapters, including the discussion of facts of modern psychol- ogy, such as double personality, hypnotism and its dangers, dreams and hallucinations, suggestion, etc.
Of special interest is Dr. Carus's theory of the origin of feeling and consciousness, which originates by organization through memory. Dim feelings become clear by being compared to former feelings. Isolated feelings remain subliminal. They become conscious by being felt. A step further in the origin of mind is made when feelings become representative, i. e., when they acquire meaning and when sense impressions denote the presence of objects.
Dr. Cams further propounds a new theory of the nature of pleasure and pain, rejecting the old notion that pleasure is identical with growth, and pain with decay. (Cf. also his article in the Monist, VI, 432.) His theory of the physiologi- cal conditions of consciousness has been discussed by physiol- ogists. (For instance, in the Journal of Neurology, by its editor, the late CLARENCE L. HERRICK). Dr. Carus claims that the cortex is the storehouse of memories, but not the seat of con- sciousness. Its activity is only partly illumined by conscious- ness according to physiological conditions. The conclusion of the book is devoted to ethical and religious problems, such as freedom of will and responsibility, the origin of death, immor- tality, the communism of soul life, and the soul of the universe. "A solid addition to the works upon physiological psychology."
— Public Opinion.
"The work of a profound scholar, and yet written in language so simple that the youngest reader can comprehend it." — Boston Transcript.
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MEYNERT'S REPRESENTATION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM. From Cams' B Soul of Man, p. 190.
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"As a lesson in method, let alone their contents, his works are among the best in their field. . . His religion of the future has in very truth all the essentials of the faith which alone can win the assent and devotion of the thinker. . . This book must be read and re-read to be fully appreciated."
— Dr. E. G. Hirsch, in Reform Advocate.
"A more enjoyable study we have not had for some time than the examina- tion of such an investigation of the facts of physiological and experimental psychology. The center of the universe lies in our own mind, and the well written and beautifully illustrated volume which lies before us, gives the reader a text-book from which he may learn the intricacies of such a center. The mentalist has his text-book at last." — The Educational Record, Montreal.
Primer of Philosophy.
A Popular Exposition of the Fundamental Notions of Phil- osophy. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Third edition. Pages, vi, 242. Cloth, $1.00 (5s.)
A systematic exposition of a philosophy, of science based upon critically-sifted experience. Dr. Carus builds up his philosophy upon facts. He rejects -axioms of any kind, even in mathe- matics. He derives the principles from which he builds up the formal sciences (mathematics, logic, etc.), from experience; discusses the nature of causation, the prevalent confusion of the notions, cause and reason, the problems of teleology and free will, the nature of the human mind, perceptions, generali- zations, ideas, and the continued preservation of ideas from generation to generation, closing with a discussion of the relig- ious problem.
"Combines scholarship and original thought with an accurate and popular style of writing, and the result is a fascinating work upon what most people consider an unusually dry subject." — American Israelite.
"The handiest and most educative, the best and brightest discussion of such problems as vex the souls of philosophers, accessible to English readers."
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Fundamental Problems.
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PHILOSOPHY (Con.) The Surd of Metaphysics.
An Inquiry into the Question Are There -T kings -I n-T hem- selves? by DR. PAUL CARUS. 1903. Pages, vi, 233. 75 cents net. (3s. 6d. net.)
This book is not metaphysical, but antimetaphysical. The idea that science and philosophy are contrasts still prevails in many circles, even among advanced thinkers, and the claim is fre- quently made that philosophy leaves a surd, some irreducible element analogous to the irrational in mathematics. Dr. Carus stands for the opposite view. He believes in the efficiency of science and to him the true philosophy is the philosophy of science. Now it is true that certain methods of logic are insuf- ficient to reduce our experiences to rational concepts, and science in general is limited in its various branches to the methods employed, but there is no need of assuming, for that reason, that the surd in the intellectual realm possesses any real objective value, and would render philosophy ultimately meta- physical or mystical.
The present volume investigates the nature of this surd of metaphysics, which so far has proved the greatest stumbling block of philosophy to scientists. It looms up in Kant's phil- osophy as the "thing-in-itself," and is still adhered to in some form or another by many prominent thinkers of the present day. The author's intention is to establish philosophy as a science, and so he endeavors to make it the science of the sciences. He discusses in the present volume the significance which this mysterious element has played in the realm of thought, and propounds his own views in contradiction to those of Deussen, Jodl, Mach and Max Muller.
The aim of the book is to liberate philosophy of the surd which, in the days of metaphysicism, has clung to it and prevented its development into a philosophy of science. But the change was felt even a century ago by the prophetic poet, Friederich Schiller, who, though an admirer and even a disciple of Kant, was impressed with the redundancy of the <e thing-in-itself" in philosophy, and so he wrote the following satirical distich :
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Convinced of the significance of Kant's Prolegomena, Dr. Carus offers a new translation of this most important Kantian pamphlet, which is practically an explanation of Kant himself, setting forth the intention of his Critique of Pure Reason. Dr. Carus believes that Kant has formulated the problem of phil- osophy correctly, but that he has not succeeded with its solu- tion. Pointing out the errors of Kant, which consist in the looseness of the use of certain terms, especially the words ."experience" and "ideal," he builds up his own philosophy, which is, to characterize it in a word, the philosophy of science based on experience, observation and experiment.
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Kant and Spencer.
A study of the Fallacies of Agnosticism. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages, 101. Cloth, 50 cents net. (2s. 6d. net.) CONTENTS: (1) The Ethics of Kant; (2) Kant on Evolution; (3) Mr. Spencer's Agnosticism; (4) Mr. Spencer's Comment and the Author's Reply.
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ETHICS AND RELIGION.
Our Children.
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The Ethical Problem.
Three Lectures on Ethics as a Science. By DR. PAUL CARUS, Second edition, enlarged by a discussion of the subject by William M. Salter, John Maddock, F. M. Holland, Prof. Fried- rich Jodl, Dr. R. Lewins, Prof. H. Hoffding, Prof. L. M. Billia. Pages, 351. Cloth, $1.25. (6s. 6d.) The Ethical Problem consists of three lectures delivered before the Society of Ethical Culture at Chicago in criticising the atti- tude of the Society. The publication of these addresses elicited a number of discussions with Rev. Wm. M. Salter and other men interested in the philosophy of ethics, among them Profes- sor Harold Hoffding of Copenhagen, Professor Friedrich Jodl of Vienna, Dr. Robert Lewins, the English philosopher of solipsism, Dr. L. M. Billia of Italy, etc. The book contains also discussions of the views of Goldwin Smith, Gustav Fechner, H. Sedgwick, John Stuart Mill, Rosmini, etc.
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"Thoughtful and suggestive." — The Evangelist.
"Most stimulating reading." — Presbyterian and Reformed Review.
The Nature of the State.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Cloth, 50 cents net. (2s. 6d. net.) The Nature of the State is a small treatise, conveying a great truth, throwing light not only on the character of communal life, but also on the nature of man's soul. It proves the sig- nificance of the social interrelations, and refutes the errors of individualism. It contains chapters with the following titles : Does the State Exist? Was the Individual Prior to Society? The State a Product of Natural Growth ; The Authority of the State and the Right to Revolution; The Modern State Based on Revolution ; Treason and Reform.
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"As full of reason as an egg is of meat." — Wade's Fibre and Fabric.
"The exposition is clear and the style incisive. The warning is also whole- some, that a man carefully consider what the State signifies before he inveighs against its authority or exposes himself as a vainglorious prophet of error."
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ST. ANTHONY ASSAULTED BY DEVILS. From Carus's History of the Devil, p. 479.
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The History of the Devil.
And the Idea of Evil from the Earliest Times to the Present Day. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Printed in two colors from large type on fine paper. Bound in cloth, illuminated with cover stamp from Dore. Five hundred 8vo. pages, with 311 illustra- tions in black and tint. Price, $6.00. (30s.)
Beginning with pre-historic Devil-worship and the adoration of demon gods and monster divinities, the author surveys the beliefs of the Summero-Accadians, the Persians, the Jews, the Brahmans, the Buddhists, the early Christians and the Teutonic nations. He then passes to the demonology of the Middle Ages, the Reformation, and Modern times, discussing the Inquisition, witchcraft, and the history of the Devil in verse and fable. The problem of evil is thus treated in its historical phase, but the main purport of the book is philosophical, pointing out that the contrasts, good and evil, are the realities of life, and so the ideas, God and Satan, stand for actual facts. Though there is no Devil with horns and hoofs, as represented in Mediaeval folklore, he is a real presence in the life of man which has to be reckoned with.
"It is seldom that a more intensely absorbing study of this kind has been made, and it can be safely asserted that the subject has never before been so comprehensively treated. . . Neither public nor private librarian can afford to be without this book, for it is a well of information upon a subject fascinating to both students and casual readers." — Chicago Israelite.
"The work is a triumph of the printers' art, having more than 300 illustra- tions of the rarest and most curious religious deities, good and bad. For an interesting and instructive volume on demonology, Dr. Paul Carus's work surpasses anything we have ever seen." — Pacific Medical Journal.
"The author has shown great diligence in gathering illustrative material, and ! it is doubtful if any such collection of ancient and modern, quaint and curious, picturesque and frightful pictures relative to the subject has been before offered to English readers." — The Dial.
"We have several hours' reading here, and it is made the pleasanter by a j profusion of gruesome pictures — pictures of the Devil in all his shapes and of the Devil's wonderful ways with his victims and votaries. The book as a book is charming, as charming as a book about the Devil could be."
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"The pictorial illustrations of this subject from earliest Egyptian frescoes, ] from pagan idols, from old black-letter tomes, from quaint early Christian i sculpture, down to the model pictures of Dore and Schneider, add greatly tc ; the value of the book." — M. E. Magazine and Review.
ADDITIONAL ARTICLE ON THE DEVIL. The Reality of the Devil. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Open Court. XIX, No. 595. Page 717.'
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RELIGION (Con.) The History of the Cross.
This book is still in preparation, the author not having yet found the leisure to compile in book form the scattered articles in which its substance originally appeared in The Open Court. The most important of these are the following : Chrisma and the Labarum. Open Court. XVI, No. 554, p. 428. The Cross Among the North American Indians. Open Court.
XIII, No. 516, p. 296.
The Cross and Its Significance. Open Court. XIII, No. 514,
p. 149.
The Cross in Central America. Open Court. XIII, No. 515.
p. 224.
The Cross of Golgotha. Open Court. XIII, No. 519, p. 472.
The Crucifix; Its Origin and Development. Open Court. XIII,
No. 522, p. 673.
Fylfot and Swastika. Open Court. XVI, Nos. 550, 553, pp.
153, 356.
Plato and the Cross. Open Court. XIII, No. 517, p. 364.
Rev. W. W. Seymour on the Prehistoric Cross. Open Court.
XIV, No. 535, p. 745.
The Seal of Christ. Open Court. XIV, No. 527, p. 229.
Signets, Badges and Medals. Open Court. XIV, 284.
Shape of the Cross of Jesus. Open Court. XVI, No. 551,
p. 247.
Staurolatry ; History of Cross Worship. Open Court. XIII,
No. 520, p. 546.
The Wheel and the Cross. Open Court. XVI, No. 555, p. 478.
The Rise of Man.
A Sketch of the Origin of the Human Race. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Illustrated. 1906. Pages, 97. Boards, cloth back, 75 cents net. (3s. 6d. net.)
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THE PHOENICIAN SAMSON. Frontispiece to Carus's The Story of Samson.
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The Story of Samson.
And Its Place in the Religious Development of Mankind. By DR. PAUL.CARUS. 80 illustrations. Pages, 183. Compre- hensive index. Boards, $1.00 net. (4s. 6d. net.) Dr. Carus contends that Samson's prototype is to be found in those traditions of all primitive historical peoples which relate to a solar deity. He believes that genuine tradition, no matter how mythological, is more conservative than is at first apparent. Though the biblical account of Samson's deeds, like the twelve labors of Heracles, is the echo of an ancient solar epic which glorifies the deeds of Shamash in his migration through the twelve signs of the zodiac, there may have been a Hebrew hero whose deeds reminded the Israelites of Shamash, and so his adventures were told with modifications which naturally made the solar legends cluster about his personality. References are fully given, authorities quoted and comparisons are carefully drawn between Samson on the one hand, and Heracles, Sha- mash, Melkarth and Siegfried on the other. The appendix contains a controversy between Mr. Geo. W. Shaw and the author in which is discussed at some length the relation between myth and history.
"Charmingly printed and copiously illustrated." — Picayune. "The discussion is learned and in good spirit." — Watchman. "This beautifully illustrated book abounds in parallels to the Samson story from other literatures than the Hebrew, and sets forth the unhistorical character of the story as a sun-myth. The view is not new, but is more fully presented here than elsewhere." — Biblical World.
The Idea of God.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Fourth edition. Pages, 32. Paper cover, 15 cents. (9d.)
A lecture delivered before the Ethical Culture Society in Chi- cago.
"A wonderful little book . . . clear, logical and scientific. . . No Christian
should fail to read it." — Current Events.
"An effort to purify our 'Idea of God' that it may be greater, sublimer, and
more awe-inspiring to future generations than it has ever been yet."
— Literary World, London.
Further explanations of the same subject have appeared in
various articles in The Open Court and Monist, viz. :
The Conceptions of God. Open Court. Vol. V, No. 190, p.
2771.
God. Open Court. Vol. IV, No. 145, p. 2305.
God (with discussion). Monist. Vol. IX, p. 106.
God, Freedom, and Immortality. Open Court. Vol. Ill, No.
90, p. 1625.
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SAMSON SLAYING THE LION. (Raphael.) From Carus's The Story of Samson, p. 75.
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The God of Atheism and the Immortality that Obtains in the Negation of the Ego-Entity. Open Court. VIII, p. 4226. The Personality of God. Open Court. XI, No. 497, p. 618. The Personality of God. Monist. IX, 300. Is Dr. Carus a Theist? Monist. IX, 626. Is God a Mind? Open Court. V, No. 215, p. 2978. Professor Haeckel's Monism and the Ideas of God and Im- mortality. Open Court. Vol. V, No. 212, p. 2957. The Still Small Voice. Monist. XIV, 194.
Whence and Whither?
An Inquiry Into the Nature of the Soul, Its Origin and Destiny. By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages viii, 218. Price, cloth, 75 cents net. (3s. 6d. net.)
This little book treats of the central problems of all religion ; the nature of the ego; the origin, development, and destiny of the human personality; spiritual heredity; the dissolution of the body and the preservation of the soul ; the nature of human immortality; mankind's ideals; the rational basis of ethics, etc., all from the standpoint of modern psychology and biology. It teaches an immortality consisting in the survival of our ideas and aspirations which are the quintessence of our very soul. The author takes pains to prove that this is a true immortality and not mere fiction. All doctrines of immortality taught in allegory or symbol -are but makeshifts to express for people untrained in philosophical thought this grandest of all religious truths.
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The Age of Christ.
A brief review of the conditions under which Christianity originated, by PAUL CARUS. 1903. Pages, 34. Paper, price, 15 cents net. ' (lOd.)
A little pamphlet which is practically an explanation of the author's story "The Crown of Thorns" (see page 63 fur- ther on), giving the critical and historical apparatus which is presented in the latter book in story form.
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The Dawn of a New Religious Era.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages, vi, 145. Cloth, 50 cents net. (2s. 6d. net.)
Dr. Carus gave up the religious conviction which had become dear to him in his youth because he found it untenable under the strain of scientific critique. He first modified his faith, and finally surrendered everything that could be defended only by the claim of tradition, special revelation, or belief in author- ity, but thereby he reached the bottom rock and built up a new faith on the eternal truths that can be proved by science, and are verifiable in our daily experience. This is the constructive part of his work, which makes him the most conservative of radicals. He is vigorously opposed to agnosticism and all equivocation as well as indifference, building up a new ortho- doxy of scientifically tenable truths. The new era of the relig- ion of the future, which is vividly described in this pamphlet, has its dawn in the spirit that made the Religious Parliament possible. This little volume contains a critical analysis of Prof. Romanes' "Thoughts on Religion," discussing the reasons for his reconversion to Christianity shortly before his death.
The Religion of Science.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages vi, 145. 'Cloth, 50 cents net. (2s. 6d.)
-Religion, in order to be stable and vital, must be able to stand
the test of scientific critique. That religion alone fulfills all
demands which contains no presumptions incongruous with
science, and is warranted by the verified truths of science. The
present volume is an attempt to outline the doctrines of a
religious conviction which is not merely based on belief, and
whose ideas of God, soul, immortality, together with its moral
aspirations are tenable before the tribunal of science.
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' 'The Religion of Science' is, in its way, a masterpiece. Its author is unique,
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his conclusions, but we admire his force, originality and independence."
— Boston Daily Traveler.
"It is one of those helpful books which, instead of repudiating man's part, sneering at his religious history, and with grotesque and narrow bigotry more intolerable than that which it scorns, renouncing the hard-earned wealth of human experience and striving and martyrdoms, rather enters joy- fully into the spirit of that past and learning its wisdom goes forward in the strength of it to new positions of security and enlightenment."
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"With much that he says we fully agree, and we respect the moral earnestness with which he discusses the problems of life and duty. . . We have read his book with interest, and we cordially echo the sentiment he expresses that 'blessed is he who trusts in the truth, who hearkens to its behests, and leads a life in which obedience to truth is exemplified.' " — Science.
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RELIGION (Con.) Homilies of Science.
By DR. PAUL CARUS. Pages x, 317. Cloth, gilt top, $1.50. (7s. 6d.)
This is a collection of short sermons from the standpoint of a religion which recognizes no religious doctrine that is incon- sistent with the truths taught by science. Among the topics presented we mention: "Is Religion Dead?" "Living the Truth," "Is God a Mind?" "The Religion of Joy," "The Lib- eral's Folly," "Faith and Doubt," "The American Ideal."
"They are written in a direct and interesting style, generally profound in thought, and elicit the attention of the intelligent reader."
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"Many of these articles might appear without criticism in the most orthodox church weeklies and magazines. One in particular, on 'The Hunger After Righteousness/ might be read from any Christian pulpit as a sermon, while the papers on 'Sexual Ethics,' 'Monogamy and Free Love,' and 'Morality and Virtue' will astonish the very large class who imagine that rejection of dogma tends to subversion of morals. This is a good book for those who want to know what unbelievers really believe." — Book News.
"What Dr. Carus says on ethical subjects, though containing nothing particu- larly new, will find an echo in the hearts of good men of every creed. He is wholly uninfected with the socialistic heresies now so widely prevalent, and he sternly rebukes those free-thinkers who regard morality with indifference, and scoff at its requirements. . . As an example of existing tendencies, as well as by its moral earnestness, this book will interest the reader." — Science.
"It has all the genuine life and spirit of Christianity, but is free from the dogmatic theology which is a stumbling block to so many intelligent believers. . . Every one who is interested in the great problems of life, death and immortality should read this volume and ponder over its practical suggestions."
— Daily Herald, Norristown, Pa.
"It is always a pleasure to read the utterances of the author of this book when religion and morality are under consideration. He is so frank in stating his own views and so utterly free from harshness or uncharitableness in stating his opposition to the views of others, as to be able to carry any reader along without personal irritation. . . We are attracted by the strong moral and spiritual tone in the book, and find a reverence and devotion here for things of the spirit which do not exist in some of our so-called religious writers. . . It will stir many a soul to a higher life." — Public Opinion.
"While these essays are opposed to some of the teachings of dogmatic Christianity, they are full of the spirit of the highest Christian morality and are not in any true sense antagonistic to religious faith. They are constructive rather than destructive." — Review of Reviezvs, New York.
"Their author is evidently animated by a broadly catholic spirit, is widely read, and writes in the interests of higher morality." — Milwaukee Sentinel.
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The fascinating Indian legend of the annual sacrifice to the waters of Niagara of a beautiful maiden has been made in this story the basis of a tale of religious development and emancipa- tion, which freed the Indian tribe of the Oniahgahrahs from the thrall of a cruel superstition, though without dishonor to their consciences and sacred traditions. The scene is laid in the time of the French exploration of the North and Middle West and the chief European role is played by the historic figure of Father Hennepin.
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De Rerum Natura.
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IMPORTANT ARTICLES BY DR. PAUL CARUS
BIBLE.
Apocrypha of the Old Testament. Open Court, IX, 4700. The Fairy Tale Element in the Bible. Monist, XI, 405, 500. The Food of Life and the Sacrament. Monist, X, 246, 343. Theophanies. Open Court, XX, 705.
CHINESE TOPICS.
Authenticity of the Tao-Teh-King. Monist, XI, 574.
Chinese Education According to the Book of Three Words. Open
Court, IX, 4567. Holy Edict of Klang Hi. Monist. XIV, 733.
CHRISTIANITY.
Christian Doctrine of Resurrection. Monist, XV, 155.
Christian Missions: A Debate with J. M. Thoburn and R.
Gandhi. Monist. V, 274. The Christian Sunday. Open Court. XX, 360. Christianity as the Pleroma. Monist, XIV, 120. The Dogma of the Trinity. Open Court, X, 4771. Gnosticism in its Relation to Christianity. Monist, VIII, 502. Greek Mysteries a Preparation for Christianity. Monist, XI, 87. Jew and Gentile in Early Christianity. Monist, XI, 267. The Number pi in Christian Prophecy. Monist, XVI, 415. Pagan Elements of Christianity and the Significance of Jesus.
Monist, XII, 416. Personality of Jesus and His 'Historical Relation to Christianity.
Monist, X, 573. Philosophical Basis of Christianity in its Relation to Buddhism.
Monist, VIII, 213.
COMPARATIVE RELIGION AND FOLKLORE.
Anubis, Seth and Christ. Open Court. XV, 65. Babism : Behaism in Chicago. Open Court, XVIII, 355, 398. Brahmanism and Buddhism. Open Court. X, 4851. Chastity and Phallic Worship. Open Court, XVII, 611. Conception of the Soul and the Belief in Resurrection among the
Egyptians. Monist, XV, 409. Greek Religion and Mythology. Open Court, XIV, 513, 577, 641,
705.
Harmony of the Spheres. Open Court, XX, 220. Introduction of Buddhism into Japan. Open Court. VIII, 4321. The Lord's Prayer. Open Court, XII, 491.
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ARTICLES BY DR. CARUS (Con.)
Mazdaism, the Religion of the Ancient Persians. Open Court
XI, 141.
The Nativity. Open Court, XIII, 710; XIV, 46. Russian Icons. Open Court, XVIII, 449. Seven the Sacred Number. Open Court, XV, 335, 412. The Trinity Idea. Open Court, XI, 85. Yahveh and Manitou. Monist, IX, 382. Zoroaster's Contributions to Christianity. Open Court, XIX, 409.
DEATH AND RESURRECTION.
The Christian Conception of Death. Open Court, XI, 752.
Dances of Death. Qpe:n Court, XII, 40.
Death and Resurrection. Open Court, XIII, 495.
Death in Religious Art. Open Court, XI, 678.
The Doctrine of Resurrection and its Significance in the New
Christianity. Open Court, IX, 4738.
Easter the Festival of Life Victorious. Open Court, XVI, 193. Eschatology in Christian Art. Open Court, XI, 401. The Festival of Resurrection. Open Court, IV, 2179. Modern Representations of Death. Open Court, XII, 101. The Resurrection, a Hyper-historical Fact. Open Court. XIX, 690.
ESPERANTO.
Esperanto. Monist, XVI, 450.
Ostwald's Pamphlet on Universal Language. Monist, XIV, 591.
Pasigraphy, a Suggestion. Monist, XIV, 565.
GOETHE.
Goethe, a Buddhist. Open Court. X, 4832. Goethe and Criticism. Open Court, XXI, 301. Goethe's Confession of Faith. Open Court, XXI, 472. Goethe's Nature Philosophy. Open Court, XXI, 227. Goethe's Polytheism and Christianity. Open Court, XXI, 435. Goethe's View of Immortality. Open Court, XX, 367. Two Philosophical Poems of Goethe. Open Court, XVI, 694.
HAECKEL AND MONISM.
Haeckel as an Artist. Open Court, XX, 428. Haeckel — Loofs Controversy. Monist, XIII, 24. Haeckel's Anthropogeny. Open Court. VI, 3125. Haeckel's Confession of Faith. Open Court, VII, 3528. Haeckel's Monism. Monist, II, 598.
Haeckel's Monism and the Ideas of God and Immortality. Open Court, V, 2957.
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ARTICLES BY DR. CARUS (Con.)
Haeckel's Theses for a Monistic Alliance. Monist, XVI, 120.
Is Monism Arbitrary? Monist. Ill, 124.
The Message of Monism to the Wo'rld. Monist, IV, 545.
Monism and Mechanicalism. Monist, II, 438.
Panpsychism and Panbiotism. Monist, III, 234.
The Wrong Method of Henism. Open Court, VIII, 4067.
MATHEMATICS.
Foundations of Geometry. Monist, XIII, 370, 493. Mathematics a Description of Operations with Pure Forms. Monist,
III, 133.
Mathematical Occultism. Monist, XVII, 109. The Philosophical Foundations of Mathematics. Monist, XIII, 273.
PHILOSOPHY.
Friedrich Nietzsche. Monist, XVII, 230.
Immorality as a Philosophic Principle. (Nietzsche.) Monist, IX,
572. The Importance of Clearness and the Charm of Haziness. Open
Court, V, 2923.
Mysticism. Monist, XVIII, 75. On Potential Things. Monist, X, 282. Philosophical Parties and Their Significance as Factors in the
Evolution of Thought. Open Court, XI, 564. Philosophy in Japan. Monist, IX, 273. Professor Ostwald's Philosophy. Monist, XVII, 516. Schopenhauer, the Prophet of Pessimism. Open Court. XI, 257. Significance of Quality. Monist. XV, 375.
POLITICAL QUESTIONS.
Our Custom House. Open Court. XVI,. 141.
Gilgamesh and Eabani : The Trusts and the Unions. Open Conn XVIII, 291.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Mind not a Storage of Energy. Monist. V, 282. The Nature of Mind. Open Court. II, 999. The Nature of Pleasure and Pain. Monist. VI, 432. Spirit or Ghost? Monist. XII, 365.
RELIGION.
Agnosticism and Religion. Open Court. II, 1042, 1059.
Agnosticism in the Pulpit. Open Court. XX, 411.
The Consolation of Errors. Open Court. VII, No. 327, p. 3891.
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Is Religious Truth Possible? Open Court. VII, No. 326, p. 3883.
No Creed but Faith. Open Court. Ill, 1575.
Not Anti-Christian. Open Court. X, 4936.
Pro Domo ; How Far Have We Strayed from Christianity ? Open
Court. XIX, 577.
A Retrospect and a Prospect. Open Court. XXI, 1. The Revision of a Creed. Open Court. Ill, 2075. Salutatory. Open Court. XI, 1.
SOUL AND IMMORTALITY.
Assyrian Poems on the Immortality of the Soul. Open Court. XIX,
107. Babylonian and Hebrew Views of Man's Fate After Death. Open
Court. XV, 346.
Spiritism and Immortality. Open Court. II, 1360. The Soul in Science and Religion. Monist. XVI, 219.
STONES AND STONE WORSHIP.
The Caaba. Open Court. XVII, 151.
Mesha's Declaration of Independence. Open Court. XVII, 520.
Rosetta Stone. Open Court. XVIII, 531 ; XIX, 89.
Siloam Inscription. Open Court. XVII, 662.
Stone Worship. Open Court. XVIII, 45, 601 ; XX, 289.
THEOLOGY.
The Clergy's Duty of Allegiance to Dogma and the Struggle Be- tween World-Conceptions. Monist. II, 278. Definition of Religions. Monist. XIV, 766. The New Orthodoxy. Monist. VI, 91. Theology as a Science. Monist. XII, 544; XIII, 24.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Acropolis. Open Court. XVII, 193.
The Bride of Christ (St. Catharine). Open Court. XXI, 449;664.
Christian Science and the Reason of Its Strength. Monist. XVII,
200,
The Continuity of Evolution. Monist. II, 70. Immorality of the Anti-vivisection Movement. Open Court. XI,
370.
Marriage Services Revised. Open Court. VIII, 4342. On the Philosophy of Laughing. Monist. VIII, 250. The Significance of Music. Monist. V, 401. Who Wrote Shakespeare ? Open Court. XVIII, 65.
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ARTICLES BY E. W. CLEMENT.
Chinese Refugees of the 17th Century in Japan. Open Court. Vol. XVII, No. 569, p. 598.
The Cross in Japanese Heraldry. Open Court. Vol. XIII, No. 523, p. 742.
EDWARD CLODD.
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ARTICLES BY MR. CONWAY.
Cardinal Newman. The Open Court, Vol. IV, Nos. 161, 162, pp.
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Chats with a Chimpanzee. Open Court, I, No. 3 ff, p. 62, etc. Ethical Culture vs. Ethical Cult. The Open Court. Vol. XV, No.
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Huxley. The Open Court. Vol. IX, No. 430, p. 4711. Ought the U. S. Senate to Reform? Monist. Vol. V, p. 223. Religion and Progress. Monist. Vol. II, p. 183. Renan. Monist. Vol. Ill, p. 201. The Right of Evolution. Monist. Vol. I, p. 506. For many articles on Thos. Paine, Theodore Parker, Evolution and
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ARTICLES ABOUT MR. CONWAY.
Moncure D. Conway, a Militant Missionary of Liberalism. By PAUL CARUS. Open Court. Vol. NY, No. 541, p. 374.
Mr. Conway on the Venezuelan Question again. By E. D. COPE. Open Court. Vol. X, No. 443? p. 4817.
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History of the People of Israel.
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ARTICLES BY C. H. CORNILL.
The Education of Children in Ancient Israel. Monist. Vol.
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The New Bible and the Old. Monist. Vol. X, p. 441. The Polychrome Bible. Monist. Vol. X, p. 1. The Psalms in Universal Literature. Open Court. Vol. XII, No.
507, p. 440. .
Science and Theology. Open Court. Vol. XI, No. 488, p. 35. The Song of Songs. Open Court. Vol. XII, No. 505,. p. 371.
WM. A. CRAGIE.
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Scandinavian Religion.
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EDWARD DRINKER COPE.
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The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution.
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"Will stand as the most concise and complete exposition of the doctrines of the Neo-Lamarckian school hitherto published. A most valuable text-book for teachers and students." — Science, N. Y.
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ARTICLES BY E. D. COPE.
The Effeminization of Man. Open Court. Vol. VII, No. 332, p.
3847. Enthusiasm and Intoxication in Their Ethical Significance. Open
Court. Vol. V, No. 227, p. 3072.
Evolution and Idealism. Open Court. Vol. I, No. 23, p. 655. The Failure of Local Government. Vol. VIII, No. 361, p. 4159. Foundations of Theism. Monist. Vol. Ill, p. 623. Future of Thought in America. Monist. Vol. Ill, p. 23. The Marriage Problem. Open Court. Vol. II, Nos. 64, 65, pp.
1307, 1320. Material Relations of Sex in Human Society. Monist. Vol. I, p.
38. The Monroe Doctrine in 1895. Open Court. Vol. X, No. 438, p.
4777. Montgomery on the Theory of Evolution. Open Court, Vol. I, No.;
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Open Court. Vol. Ill, No. 92, p. 1650. The Relation of Mind to Matter. Open Court. Vol. I, No. 19, p.
The Return of the Negroes to Africa. Open Court. Vol IV No
146, p. 2331. Two Perils of the Indo-European. Open Court. Vol. Ill, No. 126,
127, pp. 2052, 2070.
What is Mind? Open Court. Vol. II, No. 40, p. 991. What is Republicanism? Open Court. Vol. X, No. 453, p. 4897. The Youthful Reporter. Open Court. Vol. VIII, No. 355, p. 4113.
ARTICLES ABOUT E. D. COPE.
Cope's Theory of Evolution. By EDMUND MONTGOMERY. Open
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PROF. FRANZ CUMONT.
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On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics.
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Augustus De Morgan; a Biographical Sketch. By THOMAS J. McCoRMACK. Open Court. Vol. XII, No. 511, p. 760.
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Burbank's Production of Horticultural Novelties. Open Court. Vol. XX, No. 606, p. 641.
Evolution and Mutation. Monist. Vol. XXVII, p. 6.
New Principles in Agricultural Plant. Breeding. Monist. Vol. XVI, p. 209.
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hot lava from the abysses of the human soul, in one out of the two of its most historic eruptions. These old refrains from a life beyond time and sense, as it was wrought out by genera- tions of earnest thinkers, have been fire to many a muse."
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TH. EIMER.
PROFESSOR EIMER was the teacher of Professor Weismann at Tubingen. He has written voluminous works and his system has received much attention in Germany. His theory is based mainly on the observation of butterflies while his famous disciple, Weis- mann, relies chiefly on the generalization of facts derived from the observation of ants. Although they remained personal friends, they differ in their conclusions.
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ARTICLES BY PERE HYACIXTHE LOYSON.
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T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien.
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INDEX OF SUBJECTS.
BIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY AND EVOLUTION.
Binet. Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms, 15.
Carus. The Rise of Man, 54.
Cope. Primary Factors of Organic Evolution, 82.
De Vries. Plant Breeding, 92.
Species and Varieties, 92. Eimer. On Orthogenesis, 97.
Hueppe. The Principles of Bacteriology, 113.
Hutchinson. The Gospel According to Darwin, 116. Naegeli. A Mechanico-Physiological Theory of Organic Evo-
lution, 138. Romanes. Darwin and After Darwin, 147.
An Examination of Weismannism, 147. Shute. A First Book in Organic Evolution, 156.
Starr. The Ainu Group, 157.
Readings from Mexican Authors, 157. Topinard. Science and Faith, 166.
Weismann. On Germinal Selection, 172.
Weltall und Menschheit, 174.
MATHEMATICS AND PHYSICS.
Andrews. Magic Squares and Cubes, 4.
Dedekind. Essays on the Theory of Numbers, 85.
De Morgan. Elementary Illustrations of the Differential and Inte- gral Calculus, 88.
On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics, 88. Fink. History of Mathematics, 101.
Hilbert. Foundations of Geometry, 108.
Lagrange. Lectures on Elementary Mathematics, 121.
Mach. Analysis of the Sensations, 130.
Popular Scientific Lectures, 130.
The Science of Mechanics, 131
Space and Geometry, 131.
Row. Geometric Exercises in Paper Folding, 150.
Schubert. Mathematical Essays and Recreations, 151.
White. Scrapbook of Elementary Mathematics, 176.
Withers. Euclid's Parallel Postulate, 176.
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PHILOSOPHY.
Aristotle. Metaphysics I., 7.
Berkeley. Three Dialogues, 13.
Principles of Human Knowledge, 13. Carus. Primer of Philosophy, 44.
Fundamental Problems, 45.
Monism and Meliorism, 45.
Philosophical Pamphlets, 45.
Surd of Metaphysics, 46.
Kant and Spencer, 47.
Kant's Prolegomena, 47. Descartes. Discourse on Method, 90.
Meditations, 90.
Extracts from Principles of Philosophy, 90. Fichte. Vocation of Man, 101.
Hobbes. Extracts from De Corpore, Human Nature and
Leviathan, 109. Hume. Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, 115.
Enquiry Concerning- the Principles of Morals, 115. Ingraham. Swain School Lectures, 117.
Kant. Prolegomena to Any Futur'e Metaphysic, 119.
Leibniz. Discourse on Metaphysics, Correspondence with
Arnauld, and Monadology, 123.
Levy-Bruhl. History of Modern Philosophy in France, 124. Locke. Essay Concerning Human .Understanding, 124.
Muller. The Science of Language, 135.
The Science of Thought, 135. Noire. On the Origin of Language and the Logos Theory,
138.
Powell, E. E. Spinoza and Religion, 140 Powell, J. W. Truth and Error, 141. Spinoza. Principles of Descartes' Philosophy, 155.
PSYCHOLOGY AND THE SOUL.
Binet. On Double Consciousness, 14.
Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms, 15.
Psychology of Reasoning, 15. Carus. Soul of Man, 42.
Whence and Whither, 58. Fechner. On Life After Death, 100.
Hering. On Memory, 107.
Hylan. Public Worship, a Study in the Psychology of Re-
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Ribot. Diseases of Personality, 143.
Essay on the Creative Imagination, 144.
Evolution of General Ideas, 145.
Psychology of Attention, 145. Stanley. Psychology for Beginners, 155.
CHRISTIANITY AND LIBERAL RELIGION.
Anselm. Proslogium, Monologium, On Behalf of the Fool
by Gaunilon, and Cur Deus Homo, 6. Ashcroft. The World's Desires, 9.
Cams. The Age of Christ, 58.
The Crown of Thorns, 63.
The Idea of God, 56.
Dawn of a New Religious Era, 60.
Religion of Science, 60.
Homilies of Science, 61. Holyoake. English Secularism, 111.
Hylan. Public Worship, 117.
Romanes. A Candid Examination of Theism, 148.
Thoughts on Religion, 148. Ruth. What is the Bible? 150.
CHINA AND JAPAN.
Candlin. Chinese Fiction, 25.
Cams. Chinese Philosophy, 34.
Chinese Thought, 36.
Chinese Life and Customs, 38.
(Tr.) Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King, 40. Carus and (Tr.) T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien, 38, 160.
Suzuki. Yin Chih Wen, 38, 162.
Clement. The Japanese Floral Calendar, 76.
Giles. Religions of Ancient China, 105, 187.
Hillier. The Chinese Language and How to Learn It, 108.
Hue. Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China, 113.
COMPARATIVE RELIGIONS
GENERAL.
Bloomfield. Cerberus, the Dog of Hades, 17. Carus. History of the Cross, 35.
History of the Devil, 52.
The Story of Samson, 56.
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Delitzsch. Babel and Bible, 86.
Giles. Religions of Ancient China, 105, 187.
ANIMISM.
Clodd. Animism, 76, 186.
FETISHISM.
Haddo-n. Magic and Fetishism, 106, 187.
CELTIC. Anwyl. Celtic Religion, 6, 186.
SCANDINAVIAN.
Cragie. Scandinavian Religion, 80, 187.
EGYPTIAN (RELIGION AND HISTORY).
Budge. Book of the Dead, 20.
The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus, 21.
Egyptian Heaven and Hell, 21.
The Gods of the Egyptians, 23.
The History of Egypt, 23. Petrie. The Religion of Ancient Egypt, 139, 187.
BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN.
Delitzsch. Babel and Bible, 86.
Pinches. Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, 139, 186.
Radau. Creation Story of Gen, I; a Sumerian Theogony,
143.
JUDAISM.
Abrahams. Judaism, 187.
Conway. Solomon and Solomonic Literature, 78.
Cornill. History of the People of Israel, 79.
The Prophets of Israel, 80.
The Rise of the People of Israel, 80. Gunkel. The Legends of Genesis I, 105.
Haupt. Biblical Love Ditties, 106.
Radau. The Creation Story of Genesis I, 143.
MITIIRAISM.
Cumont. The Mysteries of Mithra, 83.
ZOROASTRIANISM.
Mills. Avesta Eschatology, 134.
Zarathushtrian Gathas, 134.
Zarathushtra, Philo, the Achaemenids and Israel, 133.
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GREEK AND ROMAN.
Bailey. The Religion of Ancient Rome, 11, 187.
Carus. Eros and Psyche, 64.
Harrison. The Religion of Ancient Greece, 107, 187.
ISLAM.
Ali. Islam, 4, 187.
Loyson. To Jerusalem Through the Lands of Islam, 126.
HINDUISM.
Barrett. Hinduism, 11, 187.
Garbe. Philosophy of Ancient India, 104.
Redemption of the Brahman, 104. Oldenberg. Ancient India ; Its Language and Religions, 139.
BUDDHISM
Carus Buddhism and Its Christian Critics, 27.
Dharma, 27.
The Gospel of Buddha, 28.
Portfolio of Buddhist Art, 29.
Stories of Buddhism, 29; Karma, 30; Nirvana, 32;
Amitabha, 32. Edmunds. Buddhist and Christian Gospels, 96.
Hymns of the Faith (Dhammapada), 96. Shaku. Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot, 153.
Suzuki. Acvaghosha's Discourse, 160.
Yamada. Scenes From the Life of Buddha, 177.
SHINTOISM. Aston. Shinto the Religion of Ancient Japan, 11, 187.
ETHICS AND ECONOMICS.
Carus. The Ethical Problem, 50.
The Nature of the State, 50.
Our Children, 48.
Tolstoy. Christianity and Patriotism, 164.
Trumbull. The Free Trade Struggle in England, 168.
Wheelbarrow, 168.
MAGIC AND MEDIUMS.
Abbott. Behind the Scenes With the Mediums, 3.
Evans. The Old and the New Magic, 98.
Haddon. Magic and Fetishism, 106.
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FICTION.
Carus. The Chief's Daughter, 63.
The Crown of Thorns, 63.
Eros and Psyche, 64.
The Philosopher's Martyrdom, 64.
Karma, 30.
Nirvana, 32.
Amitabha, 32.
Freytag. The Lost Manuscript, 102.
Garbe. Redemption of the Brahman, 104.
Wagner. A Pilgrimage to Beethoven, 170.
POETRY.
Bayne. Hadley Ballads, 13.
Bonney, C. C. Poems in Open Court, 19.
Bonney, F. P. Meditations, 17.
Carus. Goethe and Schiller's Xenions, 66.
Godward, 68.
De Rerum Natura, 68.
Sacred Tunes for the Consecration of Life, 68. Lane. (Tr.) De Rerum Natura, 123.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Barck. History of Spectacles, 11.
Carus. Friedrich Schiller, 66.
Evans. The Napoleon Myth, 98
Freytag. Martin Luther, 102.
Knight. The Praise of Hypocrisy, 121.
Strode. My Little Book of Prayer, 159.
INDEX OF NAMES, TITLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Abbott, David P., 3.
Abrahams, Israel, 3, 187.
Achelis, Th., 188.
Acvaghosha's Discourse on the Awak- ening of Faith in the Mahayana. T. Suzuki, 160.
Age of Christ. P. Carus, 58.
Ainui Group at the St. Louis Exposi- tion. F. Starr, 157.
Ali, Syed Ameer, 4, 187.
Amitabha. Paul Carus, 29, 32; Illus. from, 33.
Anderson, C. Goldsborough, Illus. by, 59.
Andrews, W. S., 4.
Anesaki, Prof. Macahar (Ed.), 4, 96.
Animism. Edward Clodd, 76, 186.
Anselm of Canterbury, 6, 185.
Ants and Some Other Insects. A. Forel, 185.
Anwy], Edward, 6, 187.
Argyll, Duke of, 135, 179.
Aristotle, 7; Illus., 8.
Aristotle on His Predecessors. A. E. Taylor, 7, 158.
Arnauld, Correspondence with. Leib- niz, 123, 185.
Articles by Prominent Scholars, 188- 192.
Ashcroft, Edgar A., 9.
Aston, William George, 11, 187.
Asur Hovering Over the King in Battle (illus.), 87.
Avesta Eschatology. L. H. Mills, 134.
Babel and Bible. F. Delitzsch, 86;
Illus. from, 87. Babylonia and Assyria, Religion of.
T. G. Pinches, 139, 186. Bacteriology, Principles - of. F.
Hueppe, 113. Bailey, Cyril, 11, 187. Barck, Carl, 11. Baron, A. H. N. (Tr.), 144. Barrett, L. D., 11, 187. Bas-Relief of Virunum (illus.), 84. Bayne, Julia Taft, 13. Bayrhoffer, Karl Theodor, Article on,
191.
Beauchamp, Wm. M., Article on, 158. Beethoven, Ludwig von (por.), 171. Beethoven, A Pilgrimage to. R. Wag- ner, 170. Behind the Scenes with the Mediums.
David P. Abbott, 3. Beman, Wooster Woodruff (Tr.), 85,
101, 150.
Berkeley, George, 13, 184. Beushausen, Louis, 174. Bible, What Is the? J. A. Ruth, 150. Biblical Love-Ditties. P. Haupt, 106. Biedermann, Eduard, Illustrator, 29,
63; Cover Design by, 64; Sketch
by, 18.
Billia, Prof. L. M., 50. Binet, Alfred, 14-15, 145, 147, 172, 179,
184.
Binet-Valmer, 192. Blavatsky, Madame, Article on, 98.
Blennerhasset, Lady, 137.
Bock, Emil, Pictures collected by, 11.
Body, Elements of Philosophy Con- cerning. T. Hobbes, 109, 186.
Boltzmann, Ludwig, 188.
Bonney, Charles Carroll, 19, 183; Por- trait of, 18.
Bonney, Florence Peoria, 17.
Book of the Dead. E. A. W. Budge, 20; Illus. from, 20.
Boole, cited, 88.
Borger, Paul (Tr.), 164.
Brahman, Redemption of the. R. Garbe, 104, 180.
Breasted, James H., 188.
Britain, Halbert Hains (Tr.), 155, 186.
Britain and Ireland. C. Squire, 186.
Browne, C. A., 4.
Buddha, The Gospel of. Paul Carus', 28-29; Illustrations for, 177.
Buddha of Gandhara (illus.), 33.
Buddha, Scenes from the Life of. Keichyu Yamada, 177; Illus. from, 178.
Buddha's Nirvana (illus.), 31.
Buddhism and Its Christian Critics. P. Carus, 27, 183.
Buddhism, Books of Dr. Carus on, 27-33.
Buddhism, Stories of. Paul Carus, 29.
Buddhist and Christian Gospels. A J. Edmunds, 4, 96.
Buddhist Art, Historical and Modern, Portfolio of. P. Carus, 29; Illus. from, 31.
Budge, E. A. Wallis, 20-23.
Burbank, Luther (por.), 93; Experi- ments of, 92.
Burroughs, John, 188.
Calculus, Elementary Illustrations of
the Differential and Integral. A.
De Morgan, 88. Calkins, Mary Whiton (Ed.), 109, 124,
184, 186.
Candlin, George T., 25, 182. Canon of Reason and Virtue. P.
Carus, 40, 185. Cantor, Moritz, 188. Carruth, W. H. (Tr.), 105, 124. Carus, Paul, 4, 26-75, 179, 180, 181,
182, 183, 184, 185; Article by, 86,
100, 113, 119, 132, 134, 137, 148,
158, 170; Important Articles by,
69-75; Intro, by, 98. Carus, Dr. Paul (Tr.), 38, 40, 153. Celtic Religion. Edward Anwyl, 6,
187. Cerberus, the Dog of Hades. M.
Bloomfield, 17; Illus. from, 16. China, Books of Dr. Carus on, 34-41. China, Religions of Ancient. H. A.
Giles, 105, 187. Chinese Fiction. George T. Candlin,
25, 182. Chinese Language and How to Learn
It. W. Hillier, 108. Chinese Life and Customs. Paul
Carus, 38; Illus. from, 39.
INDEX OF NAMES, TITLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.— Continued.
Chinese Philosophy. Paul Carus, 34,
182. Chinese Thought. Paul Carus, 36;
Illus. from, 35, 37. Christianity and Patriotism. Leo
Tolstoy, 164. Clark, V. A. (Tr.), 138. Clement, Ernest W., 76. Clodd, Edward, 76, 186. Coblence, Miss (Tr.), 124. Comte, Auguste (por.), 81. Confucius (illus.), 35. Consciousness, On Double. A. Binet,
14, 179.
Conway, Moncure D., 78. Cooke, T., Portrait of Berkeley, 13. Cope, Edward Drinker, 82. Cornill, Carl Heinrich, 79-80, 181. Cragie, Wm. A., 80, 187. Creation, The (illus.), 22. Creation Story of Genesis I. H. Ra-
dau, 143. Creative Imagination, Essay on the.
Th. Ribot, 144.
Creed or Conviction? (illus.), 59. Crosby, Ernest H. (Tr.), 164. Cross, History of the. P. Carus, 54, Crown of Thorns. P. Carus, 63; ex- plained, 58; Illus. by Biedermann,
62.
Cumont, Prof. Franz, 83-85. Cur Deus Homo. St. Anselm, 6, 185.
Darrow, C. S., 170.
Darwin, Charles, Memorial to, 146;
Cope compared with, 82. Darwin and After Darwin. G. J. Ro- manes, 147. Darwin, The Gospel According to. W.
Hutchinson, 116, 183. Dawn of a New Religious Era. P.
Carus, 60, 183.
Deane, Sidney Norton (Tr.), 6, 185. Death and Resurrection, Articles by
Dr. Carus on, 71. Decrees of Memphis and Canopus. E.
A. W. Budge, 21. Dedekind, Richard, 85. Delitzsch, Friedrich, 86. De Morgan, Augustus, 88; (por.), 89. De Rerum Natura. Paul Carus, 68,
123. Descartes, Rene, 90-183, 185; (por.),
91. Descartes' Philosophy, The Principles
of. B. de Spinoza, 155, 186. Dessoir, Max, 188. Devil, History of the. Paul Carus,
52; Illus. from, 51. De Vries, Hugo, 92-95; Experiment
Garden at Amsterdam (illus.), 95. Dewey, Prof. John, 189. Dhammapada. A. J. Edmunds, 96. Dharma, The. Paul Carus, 27. Discourse on Metaphysics. Leibniz,
123, 185.
Discourse on Method. Rene Descar- tes, 90, 183. Diseases of Personality. Th. Ribot,
143, 179. Diseases of the Will. Th. Ribot, 144,
180. Double Consciousness, On. A. Binet,
14, 179. Durer's Melancholy (illus.), 5.
Edmunds, Albert J., 4, 96, 97.
Egypt, History of. E. A. W. Budge, 23.
Egypt, Religion of Ancient. Flinders Petrie, 139, 187.
Egyptian Heaven and Hell. E. A. W- Budge, 21.
Egyptians, Gods of the. E. A. W. Budge, 23.
Eimer, Th., 97, 172, 182.
Emch, Dr. Arnold, 189.
English Secularism. G. J. Holyoake, 111, 181.
Enquiry Concerning Human Under- standing. D. Hume, 115, 184.
Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals. D. Hume, 115, 184.
Eros and Psyche. P. Carus, 64; Illus. from, 65.
Eros on the Ship of Life (illus.), 70.
Esperanto, Articles by Dr. Carus on, 71.
Essay Concerning Human Under- standing. J. Locke, 124, 186.
Ethical Problem. P. Carus, 50, 182.
Ethics and Religion, Books of Dr. Carus on, 48-61.
Eucken, Prof. Rudolf, 189.
Euclid's Parallel Postulate. J. W. Withers, 176.
Evangelium Buddhas, Das. P. Carus, 28.
Evans, E. P., 170.
Evans, Elizabeth E., 166.
Evans, Henry Ridgley, 98.
Evolution of General Ideas. Th. Ri- bot, 145.
Eytn, Max von, 174.
Fechner, Gustav, 50, 100.
Ferrero, Dr. G., 189.
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 101, 186.
Fighting the Mammoth (illus.), 175.
Fink, Dr. Karl, 101.
First Steps (illus.), 49.
Foerster, W., 174.
Forel, Dr. August, 185.
France, History of Modern Philosophy
in. L. Le"vy-Bruhl, 124. Illus.
from, 125. Free Trade Struggle in England. M.
M. Trumbull, 168, 180. Freytag, Gustav, 102, 181, 182. Frierson, L. S., 4. Fundamental Problems. P. Carus,
45, 180.
Galton, Francis, 135, 179.
Garbe, Richard, 104, 180, 181.
Gaunilon, 6, 185.
Genesis, The Legends of. H. Gun-
kel, 105. Geometric Exercises in Paper-Folding.
T. S. Row, 150. Geometry, The Foundations of. D.
Hilbert, 108. Germinal Selection, On. August Weis-
mann, 97, 172, 181. Ghirlandajo, Illus. by, 12. Gilbert, G. K., 141. Giles, Herbert A., 105, 187. God, The Idea of. Paul Carus, 56-58. Gods of the Egyptians. E. A. W.
Budge, 23; Illus. from, 22. Goethe and Schiller's Xenions. P.
Carus, 66.
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Goethe, Articles by Dr. Carus on, 71.
Gooch, G. E., 170.
Gookin, Frederick W., Cover Design
by, 177. Gospel According* to Darwin. W
Hutchinson, 116, 183. Gospel of Buddha. Paul Carus, 29,
177, 180.
Grand Erratum. J. B. Peres, 98. Greece, Religion of Ancient. J. E.
Harrison, 107, 187. Gunkel, Dr. Hermann, 105; Article
on, 86. Gunning, W. D., 166.
Hadden, Alfred Cort, 106, 187. Hadley Ballads. Julia Taft Bayne, 13. Haeckel, Prof. Ernst, 189; in his
Studio (por.), 72. Halsted, George Bruce, 88. Harrison, Jane Ellen, 107, 187. Haupt, Paul, 106. Hegeler, E. C., 193, 194; Article by,
189; Founder of the Open Court
Publishing Co., 1.
Herakles and Cerberus (illus.), 16. Hering, Ewald, 107, 180. Herrick, Clarence L., cited, 42. Hilbert, David, 108. Hillier, Walter Caine, 108. Hinduism. L. D. "Barrett, 11, 187. Hobbes, Thomas, 109, 186; (por.), 110. Hoffding, Prof. H., 50. Holland, F. M., 50.
Holyoake, George Jacob, 109-111, 181. Home of the Cave Man (illus.), 53. Homilies of Science. Paul Carus, 61,
181. Horus Leading Ani Before Osiris
(illus.), 24.
Hue, Evariste Regis, 111. Hueppe, Ferdinand, 113. Human Understanding. D. Hume, 115,
184. Human Understanding. J. Locke,
124, 186.
Hume, David, 115, 184; (por.), 114. Hus, Henri, 94.
Hutchinson, Woods, 115, 116, 183. Huxley, Article on, 78; compared with
Miiller, 135; Protest against, 54. Hylan, John Perham, 117, 184. Hylas and Philonous, Berkeley's Three
Dialogues Between, 13, 184. Hymns of the Faith. A. J. Edmunds,
96. Hyslop, James H., 119.
Index to Subjects, 197-202.
India, Ancient. H. Oldenberg, 139, 181.
India, The Philosophy of Ancient. R. Garbe, 104, 181.
Ingraham, Andrew, 117.
Islam, To Jerusalem Through the Lands of. Mme. Loyson, 126.
Islam. Syed Ameer Ali, 4, 187.
Israel, Geschichte des Volkes. C. H. Cornill, 79.
Israel, History of the People of. C. IT. Cornill, 79.
Israel, The Prophets of. C. H. Cor- nill, 80, 181.
Janet, Paul. Intro, by, 123, 185.
Japanese Floral Calendar. E. W.
Clement, 76; Illus. from, 77. Jerusalem, To, Through the Lands of
Islam. Mme. Loyson, 126. Jodl, Prof. Friedrich, 50, 119, 189. Jordan, Edwin O. (Tr.), 113. Judaism. Israel Abrahams, 3, 187.
Kan Ying P'ien. T. Suzuki and P.
Carus, 38, 160; Illus. from, 163. Kant, Immanuel, 119; (por.), 118. Kant and Spencer. P. Carus, 47, 119,
183. Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future
Metaphysic. P. Carus, 47, 119,
185.
Karma. Paul Carus, 29, 30. Klaatsch, Herman, 174. Kleinpeter, Dr. Hans, 132. Knight, G. T., 121. Kopetzky, Olga, Illustrator, 64. Kraemer, Hans (Ed.), 174. Krause, Ernst (Carus Sterne), 174,
190.
Lagrange, Joseph Louis, 121; Portrait
of, 120.
Lake of Fire (illus.), 20. Lane, Charles Alva (Tr.), 68, 123. Language, On the Origin of. L. Noire,
138, 180.
Language, Three Lectures on the Sci- ence of. F. Max Miiller, 135, 179. Lao-Tze (illus.), 41; illus. by Keichyu
Yamada, 163. Lao-Tze's Tao Teh King. P. Carus,
40; Illus. from, 41. Laughlin, L. Laurence, 166. LeClerc's Life of Locke, 124. Le Conte, Joseph, 190. Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm von, 123,
185; Portrait of, 122. Leuba, James H., 190. Leviathan. T. Hobbes, 109, 186. Levy-Bruhl, Lucien, 124; Introduction
by, 90, 185. Lewes's, George Henry, Biography of
Berkeley, 13. Lewins, Dr. R., 50. Life After Death, On. G. T. Fech-
ner. 100.
Lincoln, Mrs. M. D., 141. Lindemann, Ferdinand, 190. Literature, Verse and Song, Books of
Dr. Carus in, 63.
Locke, John, 124, 186; Portrait of, 110. Loeb, Jacques, 190. Logos Theory. L. Noire, 138, 180. Lomb'roso, Cesare, 190. Lo-Pan or Net Tablet (illus.), 37. Lost Manuscript, The. G. Freytag,
102, 182.
Loyson, Emilie Hyacinthe, 126-128. Loyson, Father Hyacinthe, 126; Por- trait of, 127. Luther, Martin, 190; Before the Diet
of Worms (illus.), 103. Luther, Martin. G. Freytag, 102, 181.
McCormack. T. J., 88, 90, 137; Editor, 184; Translator, 83, 97, 121, 130, 131, 151, 166, 172, 181, 182.
MacDougal, D. T. (Ed.), 94.
Mach, Ernst, 130-132, 181; Portrait of, 129.
205
INDEX OF NAMES, TITLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.— Continued.
Maddock, John, 50.
Magic and Fetishism. A. C. Hadden,
106. 187.
Magic Squares and Cubes. W. S. An- drews and others, 4; Illus. from, 5.
Marcuse, Adolf, 174. Marshall, William, 174. Mathematical Essays -and Recrea- tions. H. Schubert, 151, 182. Mathematicians, Portraits of Emi- nent, 196. Mathematics, Articles by Dr. Carus
on, 73. Mathematics, A Brief History of. K.
Fink, 101.
Mathematics, Lectures on Elemen- tary. J. L. Lagrange, 121. Mathematics, On the Study and Dif- ficulties of. A. De Morgan, 88. Mathematics, Scrapbook of Elemen- tary. Wm. F. White, 176. Maude, Alymer, 166; Translator, 164. Mechanics, The Science of. E. Mach,
131.
Meditations. Descartes, 90, 185. Meditations. F. P. Bonney, 17. Mediums, Behind the Scenes with the.
David. P. Abbott, 3. Meeting of Gotama with King Bim-
bisara (illus.), 178. Melancholy of Diirer (illus.), 5. Memory, On, and the Specific Ener- gies of the Nervous System. E. Hering, 107, 180. Metaphysical System of Hobbes, 109,
186.
Metaphysics I. Aristotle, 7. Metaphysics, Discourse on. Leibniz,
123, 185. Mexican Authors, Readings from
Modern. F. Starr, 157. Meyer, William, 119. Meynert's Representation of the Ner- vous System (illus.), 43. Micro-Organisms. Psychic Life of. A.
Binet, 15, 179. Mill, John Stuart, 50. Mills, Lawrence Heyworth, 133. Mithra, Mysteries of. Franz Cumont,
83; Illus. from, 84. Mithraic Cameo (illus.), 84. Monadology. Leibniz, 123, 185. Monism and Meliorism. P. Carus, 45. Monist, 1, 193; Index to, 188. Monologium. St. Anselm, 6, 185. Montgomery, Edmund, 83, 191. Montgomery, Dr. George R. (Tr.), 123,
185.
Morgan, C. Lloyd, 172, 191. Mtiller, Friedrich Max, 135-137, 179;
Portrait of, 136. Murillo, Illus. by, 74. My Little Book of Prayer. M. Strode, 159.
Naegeli, Carl Von, 138, 182. Napoleon Myth. H. R. Evans, 98. Napoleon on the Bridge of Arcole
(ilius.), 99.
Nature of the State. P. Carus, 50, 179. Newman, Cardinal, Article on, 78. Nilsson. H.ialmer, Experiments of, 92. Nirvana. Paul Carus, 29, 32. Noire, Ludwig, 138, 180; compared
with Miiller, 135.
Old and the New Magic. H. R. Evans,
98.
Oldenberg, Hermann, 139, 181. On Behalf of the Fool. Gaunilon 6
185.
Open Court, The, 2, 194; Index to, 188. Organic Evolution, A First Book in.
D. K. Shute, 156. Organic Evolution, A Mechanico-
Physiological Theory of. C. von
Naegeli, 138, 182. Organic Evolution, Primary Factors
of. E. D. Cope, 82. Orthogenesis, On. Th. Eimer, 97, 182 Oswald, Felix L., 191. Our Children. P. Carus, 48; Illus.
from, 49. Our Need of Philosophy. P. Carus, 45.
Pantheism. J. A. Picton, 187.
Peirce, Charles S., 191; cited, 88.
Peres, Jean Baptiste, 98.
Petrie, Wm. M. Flinders, 139, 187
Pfleiderer, Otto, 191.
Philosopher's Martyrdom. P. Carus,
64.
Philosophical and Psychological Por- trait Series, 195; Illus. from, 118 129. Philosophical Pamphlets. P. Carus,
45. Philosophy and Psychology, Books of
Dr. Carus on, 42-47. Philosophy in France, History of Mod- ern. L. Levy-Bruhl, 124; Illus. from, 125. Philosophy of the Tool. P. Carus,
45. Philosophy, Primer of. P. Carus, 44
180.
•Phoenician Samson (illus.), 55. Physicus pseud. See Romanes, G. J. Picton, James Allanson, 187. Pieron, H., 192.
Pinches, Theophilus G., 139, 186. Plant Breeding. H. de Vries, 92:
Illus. from, 93, 95. Poincare, H., 192.
Polignac, Prince de, Intro, by, 126. Pope Leo X, With a Reading Glass.
(Illus. by Raphael), 10. Popular Scientific Lectures. E. Mach,
130, 181. Portfolio of Buddhist Art, Illus. from,
Potonie, H., 174.
Powell, Elmer Ellsworth, 140, 155.
Powell, John Wesley, 141; Portrait
of, 142. Praise of Hypocrisy. G. T. Knight,
Primary Factors of Organic Evolu- tion. E. D. Cope, 82.
Primer of Philosophy. P. Carus, 44.
Private Garden in Japan (illus.), 77.
Proslogium. St. Anselm, 6, 185.
Psyche's Discovery (illus. by P. Thu- mann), 65.
Psychic Life of Micro-Organisms. A. Binet, 15; Illus. from, 15.
Psychological and Philosophical Por- trait Series, 195; Illus. from. 118, 129.
Psychology, Articles by Dr. Carus on, 73.
Psychology for Beginners. H. M. Stanley, 155, 183.
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INDEX OF NAMES, TITLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.-Contmued.
Psychology of Attention. Th. Ribot
145, 179. Psychology of Reasoning. A. Binet,
15, 184. Public Worship. J. p. Hylan, 117.
184.
Radau, Hugo, 143. Ramsay, Portrait by, 115. Raphael, Illus. by, 10, 57. Reasoning, Psychology of. A. Binet,
1 5.
Religion, Articles by Dr. Carus on, 73.
Religion of Ancient Rome. Cyril Bai- ley, 11, 187.
Religion of Science. P. Carus, 60, 179.
Religion of Science Library, 179-186.
Religions, Ancient and Modern 186- 187.
Renan, Article on, 78.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, Portrait by, 115.
Ribot, Theodule, 143-145 179 180.
Richet, Ch., 15.
Riemann, Bernard, 192.
Rise of Man. P. Carus, 54; Illus. from, 53.
Ritchie, E., Intro, by, 101, 186.
Romanes, G. J., 15, 60, 135, 146-148 172, 179, 180, 181.
Rosetta Stone. E. A. W. Budge, 21.
Rosmini, 50.
Rousseau, Jean Jacques (por.), 125.
Row, T. Sundara, 150.
Ruth, J. A., 150.
Sacred Tunes for the Consecration of
Life. P. Carus, 68. St. Anselm, 6, 185. St. Anthony Assaulted by Devils (il-
lus.), 51.
St. Catharine (illus. by Murillo), 74. St. Jerome (illus. by Ghirlandajo), 12. Salter, William M., 50. Samson Slaying the Lion (illus. ,by
Raphael), 57. Samson, The Story of. P. Carus 56 *
Illus. from, 55, 57. Sapper, Karl, 174. Scandinavian Religion. Wm A
Cragie, 80, 187.
Schiller, Friedrich. P. Carus, 66. Schiller in Weimar (illus.), 67. Schiller's Xenions, Goethe and. P.
Carus, 66.
Schroeder, Ernst, 192; 88. Schubert, Hermann, 151, 182. Science a Religious Revelation. P.
Carus, 45.
Science and Faith. P. Topinard 166 Sedgwick, H., 50. Sensations, The Analysis of the. E.
Mach, 130.
Sergi, Giuseppe, 192. Sermons of a Buddhist Abbot. Soyen
Shaku, 153. Sexton, J. A., 170. Shaku, Soyen, 153, 160; Portrait of,
152. Shaw, George W., Controversy with,
56.
Sheldon, W. L., 155. Shinto, W. G. Aston, 11, 187. Shute, D. Kerfoot, 156. Smith, Adam, Letter from, 115, 184. Smith; David Eugene (Ed.), 196;
Translator, 101, 150. Smith, Goldwin, 50.
Smith, William Benjamin, 192; Trans- lator, 101, 186. Solomon and Solomonic Literature.
M. D. Con way, 78. Soul and Immortality, Articles by Dr.
Carus on, 75. Soul of Man. P. Carus, 42-44, 183;
Illus. from, 43.
Space and Geometry. E. Mach, 131. Species and Varieties. Hugo De
Vries, 92. Spectacles, History of. Carl Barck,
11; Illus. from, 10, 12. Spinoza and Religion. E. E. Powell,
140. Spinoza, Benedictus De, 140, 155, 186;
Portrait of, 154. Spitta, Philip, 170. Squire, Charles, 186. Stanley, Hiram M., 155-156, 183. Starr, Frederick, 157-158. Stawell, Robert, 188. Stentor in Process of Division (illus.),
15. Stones and Stone Worship, Articles by
Dr. Carus on, 75. Stout, Robert, 47, 119. Strode, .Muriel, 159. Sully, J., 192.
Surd of Metaphysics. P. Carus, 46. Suzuki, Daisetz Teitaro, 160-162;
Translator, 38, 153. Suzuki, Kwasong,. Illustrator, 30, 32. Swain School Lectures. A. Ingra-
ham, 117.
Syed Ameer Ali, 4, 187. Sylvester, Article on, 88.
T'ai-Shang Kan-Ying P'ien. Tr. by T. Suzuki and P. Carus, 38, 160.
Taylor, Alfred Edward, 158; Trans- lator, 7.
Tchertkoff, V. (Tr.), 164.
Theism, A Candid Examination of. G. J. Romanes, 148.
Theology, Articles by Dr. Carus on, 75.
Theory of Numbers, Essays on the. R. Dedekind, 85.
Thought, Three Introductory Lec- tures on the Science of. F. Max Miiller, 135, 179.
Thoughts on Religion. G. J. Ro- manes, 148, 181; Critical Analysis of, 60.
Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous, Berkeley. 13. 184.
Thumann, Paul, Illustrator, 64; Illus. by, 65.
Tolstoy, Count Leo, 164; Comments on Karma by, 30.
Topinard, Paul, 166; Portrait of, 165.
Townsend, E. J. (Tr.), 108.
Travels in Tartary, Thibet and China of MM. Hue and Gabet, 113; Illus. from, 112.
Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge. Berkeley, 13, 184.
Triggs, Oscar L., 166.
Trumbull, Gen. Matthew Mark, 168, 180; Portrait of, 167.
Truth and Error. J. W. Powell, 141.
Tyndall compared with Miiller, 135.
Typical Representations of the Ma« hayana Faith (illus.), 161.
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INDEX OF NAMES, TITLES AND ILLUSTRATIONS.— Continued.
Vaschide, N., 192. Whence and Whither. P. Carus, 58,
Veitch, John (Tr.), 90. 184.
Vocation of Man. J. G. Fichte, 101, White, William F., 176.
186. Whyte, Adam Gowans (Tr.), 15, 184.
Williams, H. H., 119. Withers, John William, 176.
Wagner, Richard, 170; Portrait of, World's Congress Addresses. C. C.
169. Bonney, 19, 183.
Wallace, A. R., Article on, 148. World's Desires. Edgar A. Ash- Ward, Lester F., 192. croft, 9.
Waugh, F. A. (Tr.), 138. Writing a Love Letter (illus.), 39.
Weismann, August, 172, 181; Portrait wu Tao Tze's Nirvana Picture, 31.
of, 173; Cope compared with, 82; Wundt, Wilhelm, 192.
disciple of Eimer, 97. Weismannism, An Examination of.
G. J. Romanes, 147, 180. Yamada, Keichyu, 177; Illus. by, 163.
Welby, Francis A. (Tr.), 145. Yin Chih Wen. T. Suzuki and P. Weltall und Menschheit, 174, Illus. Carus, 38, 162.
from, 176.
Wernekke, Dr. Hugo (Tr.), 100.
Weule, K., 174. Zarathushtra, Philo, the Achaemen- Wheelbarr'ow, M. M. Trumbull, 168, ids, and Israel. H. Mills, 133.
180 Zarathushtrian Gathas. L. H. Mills, Theeler, Wm. Morton (Tr.), 185. 134.
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