Contents. VI.-Influence of Commerce on the Local Distribution of Nations. Metals. xi Precious Cod Fishery. Fur-bearing Animals. Spices. Logwood. Slave VII.-Marriage and Paternal Authority. Age of Marriage. Unchastity. VIII.-Social Germs. Vendetta. Weregild. Ideas of Property. Dignity Man's Need of Causality. IX.-Religious Impulses in Uncivilized Nations. Hero Worship. X.-Shamanism. for Witchcraft. Brahmins. Priestcraft. Sorcery as the Cause of Death. Trial XI.-Buddhism. Vedântâ and Sânkhja. Life of Buddha. Nirvâna. XII.-Dualistic Religions. Good and Evil Powers. Zoroaster. Ormuzd XIII.-Monotheism of Israel. Polytheistic Rudiments. Former Crudeness XIV.-Doctrines of Christianity. Doctrine of Preëxistence in the Old XV.-Islâm. Mohammed. The Koran. Monotheistic Purism. Moral XVI.-The Zone of the Founders of Religions. Terrors of Nature. THE RACES OF MANKIND. I.-Australians. II.-Papuans. III.-Mongols. IV.-Dravidas. V.-Hot- tentots and Bushmen. VI.-Negroes. VII.-Mediterranean Nations. Physical Characters. Language. Abode. Implements. Mental Endow- I.-The Malay Race. Geographical Distribution of the Polynesians. Im- plements, Customs, and Mental Endowments of the Polynesian Malays. Asiatic Malays (Sundanese, Tagals, Bisaya, True Malays, Javanese, Batta, Dyaks, Macassarenes, Bugis). Micronesians. Inhabitants of Madagascar and Formosa. Physical Characters. II.-Southern Asiatics with Monosyllabic Languages. Races in Thibet and the Himalayas. Burmese. Siamese. Laos. Annamites. Chinese. Chinese III.-Coreans and Japanese. Linguistic Characters. IV.-Mongoloid Nations in the North of the Old World. Ural-Altaic Race. VI.-The Tribes of Behring's Straits. Physical Characters. (a) Kamtskadals. VII.-Aborigines of America. Migration from Asia by way of Behring's Type. Mongolian Customs. Comparison of the New and the Old World. IV. DRAVIDA POPULATION OF WESTERN INDIA. I. —Physical Characters. Munda Nations, or Jungle Tribes. II.-True Dravidas (Brahui, Tulu, Tamul, Telegu, Canarese, Tuda). Physical Characters. Dwarf Nations. Hottentot Language. Hottentot Physical Characters. I. Bantu Negroes. Suaheli, Betchuana, Kaffirs, II.-Soudan Negroes. (Ibo, Nuffi, Ewhe, Otshi). Ivory and Pepper Coast. I.-Hamite. Physical Characters. (a) Berber, Guanch, Shellah, Tuareg, Téda. (¿) Ancient Egyptians. (c) East African Hamite (Berabra, Bedsha, Shukurich, Kababish, Hassanieh, Dankali, Galla, Somali, Wakuafi, Masai). Civilization of Ancient Egypt. II.-Semite. Physical Characters. Ethnography of the Bible. (a) Northern Semite (Aramaic, Hebrew, Canaanite, Assyrian, and Babylonian). Position of the Akkadian or Sumerian. (b) Southern Semite; a Northern Arab, B Southern Arab, Abyssinian. Chaldean Civilization. Religion of the III.-European Races of Doubtful Position. (a) Basque. (6) Caucasian Peoples (Daghestân, Tshetsh, Abkhas, Tsherkess, Lazi, Suan, Mingrelian, IV.-The Indo-European Race. (a) Asiatic, Sanscrit Nations (Neo- Indian Languages, Siah Pôsh, Gipsy). Erânian (Persian, Kurd, Armenian, Osset, Tadshik). Afghan. (6) European. a Northern European. Letto- Slavonian (Lett, Slavonian.) Germanic Nations (Scandinavian, Goth, Teuton). B Southern European, Greek, Albanian, Latin (Portuguese, Spanish, Catalonian, Provençal, Northern French, Alpine Dialects, Fur- lanian, Roumanian). Celtic. Original Abode of Indo-Europeans. Europe |