k-days Scandinavian, 358.
Neptunus, origin of the name, 328.
Nestorian inscription in China, 71-78.
Njord, ruler of the winds, 378.
Northern and Southern Europe compared, 359.
Northmen in France, Spain, Italy, and Greece, 389.
Number of Christians in the world, 146.
" of Buddhists in the world, 146.
" of Jews in the world, 146.
" of Mohammedans in the world, 146.
" of Brahmans, 146.
Nyaya, system of philosophy, assumes three principles, 122.
" system of philosophy, described by Banerjea, 123.

O.

Odin, or All-father, eldest of the AEsir, 377.
" corresponds to Ormazd, 385.
" his festival in the spring, 386.
Opa, goddess of the harvest, 330.

P.

Pales, a rural god, 330.
Palestine, or the land of the Philistines, 397.
" resembles Greece and Switzerland, 397.
" its mountainous character, 397.
" a small country, 398.
" its mountains and valleys, 399.
Palgrave, note giving an extract from his book, 486.
Papacy, mediaeval, good done by it, 350.
" a reproduction of the Roman state religion, 350.
Parsi religion, its influence on Judaism, 205.
" " its influence on Christianity, 204.
" " teaches a kingdom of heaven, 207.
" " still continues in Persia and India, 208.
Parthenon, the, temple of Minerva, described, 290.
Penates, gods of home, 328.
Persepolis, ruins of the palace of Xerxes at, 170.
" inscriptions of Darius and Xerxes at, 170.
" tombs of the kings of Persia at, 174.
Pharisees, Sadducets, and Essenei, 444.
Phidias, his statue of Jupiter described, 288.
Philistines, probably Pelasgi from Crete, 421.
Philosophy, early Greek, 291.
" Greek, in Asia Minor, 291.
" in Italy, 292.
Phoenicians, their language a form of Hebrew, 400.
Plato harmonizes realism and idealism, 293.
" his philosophy completes that of Socrates, 294.
" his method that of transcendentalism, 294.
" his idea of God pure and high, 295.
" Christian element in, 295.
Pliny, the elder, his view of religion, 345.
Present work, an essay, or attempt, 1.
" " companson of religions its object, 1.
Prophecy, a modification of inspiration, 438.
Prophets of the Old Testament, men of action, 440.
" politicians and constitutional lawyers, 440.
" preferred the moral law to ceremonial, 441.
" described by Dean Stanley, 441.
" their inspir