§ 1. Peculiarities of Chinese Civilization § 2. Chinese Government based on Education. Civil-Service Examinations § 3. Life and Character of Confucius § 4. Philosophy and subsequent Development of Confucianism § 5. Lao-tse and Tao-ism § 6. Religious Character of the "Kings." § 7. Confucius and Christianity. Character of the Chinese § 8. The Tae-ping Insurrection Note. The Nestorian Inscription in China Chapter III. Brahmanism. § 1. Our Knowledge of Brahmanism. Sir William Jones § 2. Difficulty of this Study. The Complexity of the System. The Hindoos have no History. Their Ultra-Spiritualism § 3. Helps from Comparative Philology. The Aryans in Central Asia § 4. The Aryans in India. The Native Races. The Vedic Age. Theology of the Vedas § 5. Second Period. Laws of Manu. The Brahmanic Age § 6. The Three Hindoo Systems of Philosophy,--The Sankhya, Vedanta, and Nyasa § 7. Origin of the Hindoo Triad § 8. The Epics, the Puranas, and Modern Hindoo Worship § 9. Relation of Brahmanism to Christianity Chapter IV. Buddhism, or the Protestantism of the East. § 1. Buddhism, in its Forms, resembles Romanism; in its Spirit, Protestantism § 2. Extent of Buddhism. Its Scriptures § 3. Sakya-muni, the Founder of Buddhism § 4. Leading Doctrines of Buddhism § 5. The Spirit of Buddhism Rational and Humane § 6. Buddhism as a Religion § 7. Karma and Nirvana § 8. Good and Evil of Buddhism § 9. Relation of Buddhism to Christianity Chapter V. Zoroaster and the Zend Avesta. § 1. Ruins of the Palace of Xerxes at Persepolis § 2. Greek Accounts of Zoroaster. Plutarch's Description of his Religion § 3. Anquetil du Perron and his Discovery of the Zend Avesta § 4. Epoch of Zoroaster. What do we know of him? § 5. Spirit of Zoroaster and of his Religion § 6. Character of the Zend Avesta § 7. Later Development of the System in the Bundehesch § 8. Relation of the Religion of the Zend Avesta to that of the Vedas § 9. Is Monotheism or pure Dualism the Doctrine of the Zend Avesta § 10. Relation of this System to Christianity. The Kingdom of Heaven Chapter VI. The Gods of Egypt. § 1. Antiquity and Extent of Egyptian Civilization § 2. Religious Character of the Egyptians. Their Ritual § 3. Theology of Egypt. Sources of our Knowledge concerning it § 4. Central Idea of Egyptian Theology and Religion. Animal Worship § 5. Sources of Egyptian Theology. Age of the Empire and Affinities of the Race § 6. The Three Orders of Gods § 7. Influence upon Judaism and Christianity Chapter VII. The Gods Of Greece. § 1. The Land and the Race § 2. Idea and general Character of Greek Religion § 3. The Gods of Greece before Homer § 4. The Gods of the Poets § 5. The Gods of the Artists § 6. The Gods of the Philosophers § 7. Worship of Greece § 8. The Mysteries. Orphism § 9. Relation of Greek Religion to Christianity Chapter VIII.