THE EMPEROR AKBAR PERSONALLY DIRECTING THE _Frontispiece_ TYING UP OF A WILD ELEPHANT. Tempera painting in the “Akbar Namah,” by Abu’l Fazl (1597-98). India Museum. _Photographed for this work._ DEER WORSHIPPING THE WHEEL OF THE LAW. Tope of Sanchi, drawn 11 by Lieut.-Col. Maisey _From Fergusson’s “Tree and Serpent Worship.” By permission of the India Office._ THE BUDDHISTIC TIGER 21 _From a painting on silk by Ko-Tō in the British Museum. Photographed for this work. In Japanese Buddhism the Tiger is the type of Wisdom._ ORPHEUS 32 _Fresco found at Pompeii._ (_Sommer._) STELE WITH CAT AND BIRD 40 _Athens Museum._ CAPITOLINE SHE-WOLF 44 (_Bruckmann._) Bronze statue. Early Etruscan style. The twins are modern. LION BEING LED FROM THE ARENA BY A SLAVE 47 _From the mosaic pavement of a Roman villa at Nennig._ BACCHUS RIDING ON A PANTHER 74 _Mosaic found at Pompeii._ (_Sommer._) BRONZE STATUE OF AN EGYPTIAN CAT 82 _From the Collection of H.E. Monsieur Camille Barrère, French Ambassador at Rome_ REINDEER BROWSING. OLDER STONE AGE 86 _Found in a cave at Thayngen in Switzerland._ HORSE DRAWING DISC OF THE SUN. OLDER BRONZE AGE 86 _National Museum at Copenhagen._ HATHOR COW 102 _Found in 1906 by Dr. Édouard Naville at Deir-el-bahari. By permission of the Egypt Exploration Fund._ WILD GOATS AND YOUNG 108 _Assyrian Relief. British Museum._ (_Mansell._) ASSYRIAN GOD CARRYING ANTELOPE AND WHEAT-EAR 116 _British Museum._ (_Mansell._) COUNTING CATTLE 128 _Egyptian Fresco. British Museum._ (_Mansell._) KING FIGHTING GRIFFIN (“BAD ANIMAL”) 142 _Relief in Palace of Darius at Persepolis. Photographed by Jane Dieulafoy. From “L’Art Antique de la Perse.” By permission of M. Marcel Dieulafoy._ THE REAL DOG OF IRAN 152 _Bronze Statuette found at Susa. Louvre. From Perrot’s “History of Art in Ancient Persia.” By permission of Messrs. Chapman & Hall, Ltd._ BUDDHA PACIFYING AN INTOXICATED ELEPHANT WHICH HAD BEEN SENT 188 TO DESTROY HIM. THE ELEPHANT STOOPS IN ADORATION Græco-Buddhist sculpture from a ruined monastery at Takt-i-Bahi. _India Museum. Photographed for this work._