Religions Ancient and Modern
RELIGIONS: ANCIENT AND MODERN.
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ANIMISM.
By Edward Clodd, Author of The Story ofCreation.
PANTHEISM.
By James Allanson Picton, Author of TheReligion of the Universe.
THE RELIGIONS OF ANCIENT CHINA.
By Professor Giles, LL.D., Professor ofChinese in the University of Cambridge.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT GREECE.
By Jane Harrison, Lecturer at NewnhamCollege, Cambridge, Author of Prolegomena to Study of GreekReligion.
ISLAM.
By Professor T. W. Arnold, AssistantLibrarian at the India Office, Author of The Preaching of Islam.
MAGIC AND FETISHISM.
By Dr. A. C. Haddon, F.R.S., Lecturer onEthnology at Cambridge University.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
By Professor W. M. Flinders Petrie,F.R.S.
THE RELIGION OF BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA.
By Theophilus G. Pinches, late of theBritish Museum.
BUDDHISM. 2 vols.
By Professor Rhys Davids, LL.D., lateSecretary of The Royal Asiatic Society.
HINDUISM.
By Dr. L. D. Barnett, of the Department ofOriental Printed Books and MSS., British Museum.
SCANDINAVIAN RELIGION.
By William A. Craigie, Joint Editor of theOxford English Dictionary.
CELTIC RELIGION.
By Professor Anwyl, Professor of Welsh atUniversity College, Aberystwyth.
THE MYTHOLOGY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
By Charles Squire, Author of The Mythologyof the British Islands.
JUDAISM.
By Israel Abrahams, Lecturer in TalmudicLiterature in Cambridge University, Author of Jewish Life in the MiddleAges.
PRIMITIVE OR NICENE CHRISTIANITY.
By John Sutherland Black, LL.D., JointEditor of the Encyclopædia Biblica.
SHINTOISM.
MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY.
ZOROASTRIANISM.
THE RELIGION OF ANCIENT ITALY.
Other Volumes to follow.
MAGIC
AND FETISHISM
By
ALFRED C. HADDON, Sc.D., F.R.S.
UNIVERSITY LECTURER IN ETHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
LONDON
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1906
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