Tradition Principally with Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations
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TRADITION PRINCIPALLY WITH REFERENCE TO MYTHOLOGY AND THE LAW OF NATIONS.
CONTENTS.
PREFACE.
MEMOIR OF COLONEL GEORGE MACDONELL, C.B.
CHAPTER I. THE LAW OF NATIONS.
CHAPTER II THE LAW OF NATURE.
CHAPTER III PRIMITIVE LIFE.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF TRADITION.
CHAPTER V CHRONOLOGY FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SCIENCE
CHAPTER VI PALMER ON EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY.
CHAPTER VII THE TRADITION OF THE HUMAN RACE.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII MYTHOLOGY.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VIII.
“ŒDIPUS, PERSEUS.”
II. PROMETHEUS AND HERCULES OR HERAKLES.
“ŒDIPUS, PERSEUS.”
II. PROMETHEUS AND HERCULES OR HERAKLES.
CHAPTER IX ASSYRIAN MYTHOLOGY.
ANA.
BIL OR ENU.
BIL OR ENU.
HEA OR HOA.
NEBO.
NEBO.
CHAPTER X THE TRADITION OF NOAH AND THE DELUGE
CHAPTER XI DILUVIAN TRADITIONS IN AFRICA AND AMERICA.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XI. THE PONGOL FESTIVAL.
CHAPTER XII SIR JOHN LUBBOCK ON TRADITION.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII NOAH AND THE GOLDEN AGE.
CHAPTER XIV SIR H. MAINE ON THE LAW OF NATIONS.
CHAPTER XV THE DECLARATION OF WAR.
INDEX.
BURNS, OATES & CO.’S LIST.
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