LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. NOTE.--_As it was found impossible always to insert the illustrations opposite the explanatory text, the following List will assist the reader to those pages which explain the objects represented_:-- Plate Described on page FRONTISPIECE, INSCRIBED VOTIVE COLUMNS Facing title Of small size and of great antiquity; in use amongst the Oscan people, who were finally subjugated by the Sabines. I. _Figure_ 1, EGYPTIAN PHALLUS 1, 2, 3 From "Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes, &c., par le Comte de Caylus." " 2, DO., different view 1, 2, 3 " 3, Two views of a double figure 1, 2, 3 " 4, ROMAN PRIAPUS over a baker's door at Pompeii 11 From "Musée secret de Naples." II. _Figure_ 1, LINGHAM 1, 2, 3 From M. Sonnerat's "Voyage aux Indes Orientales." " 2, PAN'S HEAD 9, 10 From the Collection of Antiquities at Pompeii, _vide_ "Musée secret de Naples." III. _Figure_ 1, LEADEN PHALLUS 5 From the "Forgeais Collection of Plombs Historiques." " 2, DITTO, a different view 5 " 3, DITTO ditto 5 " 4, DITTO ditto 5 IV. _Figure_ 1, ROUND TOWER 5, 6, 7 From O'Brien's "History of the Round Towers of Ireland." " 2, THREE-HEADED OSIRIS 7, 8, 9 From the Comte de Caylus' "Recueil d'Antiquités Egyptiennes," &c. V. _Figure_ 1, CROSS 12, 13, 14 From Higgin's "Anacalypsis." " 2, Another example 12, 13, 14 From the same work. " 3, Another example 12, 13, 14 From the same work. " 4, Another example 12, 13, 14 From the same work. VI. _Figure_ 1, EX VOTO, in silver 18, 19, 20 From the British Museum copy of R. Payne Knight's "History of the Worship of Priapus." " 2, DUDAÏM or MANDRAKE 67, 70, 71, 74 From Dr. Kitto's "Cyclopædia of Biblical Literature." VII. _Figure_ 1, FIBULA 142, 3 From Holyday's "Juvenal." " 2, Another example of a different construction 142, 3 CONTENTS. ESSAY I. Page ANCIENT PHALLIC WORSHIP: Phallic Worship the most ancient and general 1-2 Phallic Worship found to exist in America 2 Indian Trimourti or Trinity 3