, i. 85.
Of the West, i. 86.
Peru one, ii. 180.

Rainy days, number of, i. 26.
Influence of, i. 27.

Rameses II., his policy, i. 78.

Raschi, his varied acquirements, ii. 123.

Ravenna, Gerbert appointed Archbishop of, ii. 6.

Ray leads the way to comparative anatomy, ii. 286.

Raymond Lully, said to have been compelled to make gold for
Edward II., ii. 155.

Raymond de Pennaforte compiles a list of decretals, ii. 70.

Reading, its advantage over listening, ii. 203.

Realism, its origin, ii. 11.

Reason, Algazzali's doctrine of the fallibility of, ii. 51.

Reductio ad absurdum introduced by Zeno, i. 122.

Reflection, Democritus's view of, i. 125.

Reflex action, ii. 348.

Reformation attempted in Greece, i. 50.
Influences leading to, ii. 190.
Dawn of the, ii. 204.
In Switzerland, ii. 210.
Organization of, ii. 211.
In Italy, ii. 212.
Arrest of, ii. 214.
Counter, ii. 219.
Culmination of, in America, ii. 226.

Relics, age of, i. 51.
Worship of, i. 414.

Reminiscence, Plato's doctrine of, i. 153.

Republic of Plato, i. 159.

Revolution, French, ii. 150.

Rhacotis, Alexandria erected on the site of, i. 192.

Rhazes discovers sulphuric acid, i. 410.

Rhazes, a Moorish writer on botany, ii. 39.

Rheims, Gerbert appointed Archbishop of, ii. 5.

Rhodes raised from the sea, i. 30.

Rhodians, maritime code of, i. 45.

Richard I. of England treacherously imprisoned, ii. 25.
His treatment by Saladin contrasted with that he received from
a Christian prince, ii. 136.

Rienzi, a demagogue, ii. 95.

Rig Veda, asserted to have been revealed by Brahma, i. 58.

"Robber Synod," the council of Ephesus, i. 297.

Roderic, King of the Goths, ii. 28.

Roderigo de Triana, the first of Columbus's crew to descry
land, ii. 163.

Roman power, influence of, i. 52.
Christianity, influence of, on the people, i. 241.
History, importance of, i. 242.
Power, triple form of, i. 243.
First theocracy and legends, i. 243.
History, early, i. 243.
Slave laws, atrocity of, i. 249.
Slave system, social effects of, i. 249.
Depravity, i. 252.
Women, their dissoluteness, i. 253.
Ethnical element disappears, i. 255.
Conquest, effects of, i. 256.

Rome, cause of permanence of, i. 11.
Unpitying tyranny of, i. 267.
Fall and sack of,