VEDA, their antiquity, 101; silly conceptions, 118; religion of, 129; necessary to the study of man, 133; objections to, 135; native character of, 159; lessons of, 161; use of their study, 162; character of their poetry, 182; knowledge of God progressive in, 194; their hymns, a specimen, 205; their gods, number of, 219; meaning of their names, 220; three periods in their literature, 234; three religions in, 236. VEDIC Mythology, its influence, 27; contrasts, 169. VEDA-END, 267. VEDÂNTA philosophy, 265; the present religion in India, 269; its prevalence, 270; commended to students, 271; its highest knowledge, 273. VIDÂLA, cat, 42. VIHÂRAS, or colleges, the ancient, 26. VIKRAMÂDITYA, 110; his varied experience, 113. VILLAGE communities in India, 64; large number of, 65; morality in, 67. VISVAKARMAN, 157. VYÂSA, the poet, 100. W. WARRIORS, native and foreign, 116. WATERS, divers gods of the, 167. WEASEL and the woman, 28. WILSON, Prof., on the Hindus, 57. WITNESSES, three classes of, 69. WOLF, F. A., his questions, 221; his dictum, 223. WORKINGMEN, 116. WORSHIP of the dead, 240. WOTAN and Vata, 201. WRITING unknown in ancient India, 226. X. XANTHOS, the Lydian, 223. Y. YAG, ishta, 208. YAGÑADATTABADHA, 110. YÂGÑAVALKYA, on virtue, 92. YAHWEH, worship of, 272. YAMA, lord of the departed, 85; on immortality, 86; invoked, 242; as the first man, 242; dialogue on death, 267. YÂSKA, division of the Vedic gods, 168. YUEH-CHI, The, and the Goths, 104. Z. ZEUS, 129; the survivor of Dyaus, 213; the interval between, 235. ZEUS, Dyaus, and Jupiter, 198. ZIMMER, Prof., on polytheism, 166; translation of Sanskrit words, 185. ZODIACAL signs, known to Sanskrit astronomers, 114. ZODIAC, The Babylonian, 147. ZOROASTRIANISM, 31. * * * * * BOOKS IN THE STANDARD LIBRARY. _THEIR STERLING WORTH._ OPINIONS OF CRITICS. I. Life of Cromwell. _NEW YORK SUN_: "Mr. Hood's biography is a positive boon to the mass of readers, because it presents a more correct view of the great soldier than any of the shorter lives published, whether we compare it with Southey's, Guizot's, or even Forster's." _PACIFIC CHURCHMAN_, San Francisco: "The fairest and most readable of the numerous biographies of Cromwell." _GOOD LITERATURE_, New York: "If all these books will prove as fresh and readable as Hood's 'Cromwell,' the literary merit of the series will be as high as the price is low." _NEW YORK DAILY GRAPHIC_: "Hood's 'Cromwell' is an excellent account of the great Protector. Cromwell was the heroic servant of a sublime cause. A complete sketch of the man and the period." _CHRISTIAN UNION_, New York: "A valuable biography of Cromwell, told with interest in every part and with such condensation and skill in arrangement that prominent events are made clear to all." _SCHOOL JOURNAL_, New York: