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... Illustrations of the reli- of Brahmanism - Superstitions and customs - Caste - Erroneous ideas regarding it - Its true character - The reverence for Brahmans dans - The distribution of Mohammedans in India - Small difference -Caste not ...
... Illustrations of the reli- of Brahmanism - Superstitions and customs - Caste - Erroneous ideas regarding it - Its true character - The reverence for Brahmans dans - The distribution of Mohammedans in India - Small difference -Caste not ...
Pagina 13
... illustration , taken from two Indian provinces , how great must be the differences in physical conditions between countries presenting such extraordinary contrasts of climate . The one characteristic , common at certain seasons . to the ...
... illustration , taken from two Indian provinces , how great must be the differences in physical conditions between countries presenting such extraordinary contrasts of climate . The one characteristic , common at certain seasons . to the ...
Pagina 17
... illustrations of the manner in which geographical position and configura- tion determine the fall of rain in the various provinces of India , and even local conditions of a kind which might have seemed of little importance produce ...
... illustrations of the manner in which geographical position and configura- tion determine the fall of rain in the various provinces of India , and even local conditions of a kind which might have seemed of little importance produce ...
Pagina 20
... illustration of the misleading generalisations which are common in regard to almost everything Indian . Some authorities tell you that the mountains between the plains of India and the regions of perpetual snow are bleak and bare and ...
... illustration of the misleading generalisations which are common in regard to almost everything Indian . Some authorities tell you that the mountains between the plains of India and the regions of perpetual snow are bleak and bare and ...
Pagina 25
... illustrations of many of the chief and most widely prevailing characteristics of these mountains , and because it is a country with which I have had unusual oppor- tunities of making myself acquainted . The province of Kumáon has an ...
... illustrations of many of the chief and most widely prevailing characteristics of these mountains , and because it is a country with which I have had unusual oppor- tunities of making myself acquainted . The province of Kumáon has an ...
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Pagina 19 - Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther. By Rev. Canon G. RAWLINSON, MA With Homilies by Rev. Prof. JR THOMSON, MA, Rev. Prof. RA REDFORD, LL.B., MA, Rev. WS LEWIS, MA, Rev. JA MACDONALD, Rev. A. MACKENNAL, BA, Rev. W. CLARKSON, BA, Rev. F. HASTINGS, Rev. W. DINWIDDIE, LL.B., Rev. Prof. ROWLANDS, BA, Rev. G. WOOD, BA, Rev. Prof. PC BARKER, MA, LL.B., and the Rev.
Pagina 15 - MORELL, JR— Euclid Simplified in Method and Language. Being a Manual of Geometry. Compiled from the most important French Works, approved by the University of Paris and the Minister of Public Instruction.
Pagina 17 - PARSLOE, Joseph.— Our Railways. Sketches, Historical and Descriptive. With Practical Information as to Fares and Rates, etc., and a Chapter on Railway Reform. Crown 8vo, 6s. PASCAL, Blaise.
Pagina 13 - Words for Brave Men. A Book for Soldiers' and Sailors' Libraries. Sixteenth Thousand. Crown 8vo, 2s. 6d. KNOX, Alexander A. — The New Playground ; or, Wanderings in Algeria, New and Cheaper Edition. Large crown Svo, 6s.
Pagina 3 - A PHILOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION TO GREEK AND LATIN FOR STUDENTS. Translated and adapted from the German. By C. KEGAN PAUL, MA Oxon., and the Rev.
Pagina 166 - Council is of opinion that the great object of the British Government ought to be the promotion of European literature and science among the natives of India; and that all the funds appropriated for the purpose of education would be best employed on English education alone.
Pagina 20 - REYNOLDS, Rev. JW— The Supernatural in Nature. A Verification by Free Use of Science. Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Demy 8vo, 14^.
Pagina 9 - HAECKEL (Prof. Ernst) — THE HISTORY OF CREATION. Translation revised by Professor E. RAY LANKESTER, MA, FRS With Coloured Plates and Genealogical Trees of the various groups of both plants and animals. 2 vols. Second Edition. Post 8vo. cloth, price 32*.
Pagina 25 - II. Physics and Politics ; or, Thoughts on the Application of the Principles of "Natural Selection " and " Inheritance
Pagina 20 - Expository Lectures on St. Paul's Epistles to the Corinthians. A New Edition. Small crown 8vo, $s. Lectures and Addresses, with other Literary Remains. A New Edition. Crown 8vo, 5*. An Analysis of Mr. Tennyson's