_Outlines of the History of Religion to the Spread of the Universal Religions_. By Dr. C. P. Tiele. Translation. In Truebner's Oriental Series. Very condensed and in somewhat technical language; but the work of one of the greatest masters of the subject. A full Bibliography is appended to the various chapters. _Lehrbuch der Religionsgeschichte_, von P. D. Chantepie de la Saussaye. Freiburg, 1887. The English translation has an altered title, viz. _Manual of the Science of Religion_, Longmans, 1891. The Third Edition (1905) is practically a different book, and consists of studies, each by an expert, of the various religions. _Religious Systems of the World_ (Sonnenschein, 1892) is a full collection of descriptions of the various religions, by persons specially acquainted with them; of very unequal merit. Mr. Max Mueller's works cited above, also his more recent volumes of Gifford Lectures, contain a number of general discussions. See also the Gifford Lectures of the late Mr. Ed. Caird, and the late Prof. Tiele. Pfleiderer's _Philosophy of Religion_, 4 vols. Puenjer, _Geschichte der christl. Religionsphilosophie_, 2 vols. 1880-83. Rauwenhoff, _Wijsbegeerde van den Godsdienst_, 2 vols. 1887 (also in German). M. Jastrow, _The Study of Religion_, 1901. L. H. Jordan, _Comparative Religion, its Origin and Growth_, 1905. _Revue de l'histoire des religions_, edited by M. J. Reville. _Archiv fuer Religionswissenschaft_, edited by Alb. Dieterich. Reinach, Orpheus, _Histoire Generale des Religions_, 1909. Hastings, _Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics_, vol. i. A-Art, 1908. _The New Schaff-Heizog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge_ has excellent articles on the various religions. Louis H. Jordan, _Comparative Religion_, 1905. An account of the progress of our study, with extensive bibliography. Galloway, _The Principles of Religious Development_, a psychological and philosophical study, 1909. _Proceedings of the Oxford International Congress of the History of Religions_, 1908. 2 vols. The addresses of the Presidents of the Sections give a record of the most recent progress in every part of our study. Of these see, for this chapter, Count Goblet d'Alviella, vol. ii. pp. 365 _sqq_. on the Method and Scope of the History of Religion. CHAPTER II THE BEGINNING OF RELIGION