GREAT

RELIGIONS

OF

THE

WORLD

BY HERBERT A. GILES, LL.D. ; T. W. RHYS
DAVIDS, LL D., PhD ; OSKAR MANN; SIR
A. C. LYALL, K.C B , G.C.I.E. ; D. MENANT;
SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN, K.C.S.I.; FREDERIC
HARRISON; E. DENISON ROSS; THE REV.
M. GASTER, Ph.D. ; THE REV. WASHINGTON
GLADDEN, D.D., LL.D.; CARDINAL GIBBONS

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1900, 1901, by The NORTH AMERICAN Review PUBLISHING Co.

All rights reserved.

September, 1901.

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CONFUCIANISM IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.

BY HERBERT A. GILES, LL.D., PROFESSOR OF

CHINESE IN CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY

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BUDDHISM. BY T. W. Rhys DAVIDS, LL.D., Ph.D.,

PROFESSOR PALI AND BUDDHIST LITERA-

TURE IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON . 33

MOHAMMEDANISM IN THE NINETEENTH CEN-

TURY. BY OSKAR MANN, ORIENTALIST IN THE

ROYAL LIBRARY, BERLIN

BRAHMINISM. BY SIR A. C. LYALL, K.C.B., G.C.I.E.,

MEMBER OF COUNCIL OF THE SECRETARY

STATE FOR INDIA

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ZOROASTRIANISM AND THE PARSIS. By D. ME

NANT, AUTHOR OF ' HISTORY OF THE PARSIS 109

SIKHISM AND THE SIKHS. BY SIR LEPEL GRIFFIN,

K.C.S.I.

139

POSITIVISM: ITS POSITION, AIMS, AND IDEALS.

BY FREDERIC HARRISON

CONFUCIANISM IN THE NINE

TEENTH CENTURY