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uction and Notes, by the Rev. CHARLES BIGG, D.D. *The Epistle of St. Clement, Bishop of Rome.* By the Rev. John A. F. GREGG, M.A. *St. Augustine's Treatise on the City of God.* By Rev. F. R. M. HITCHCOCK, M.A., B.D. 1_s._ 6_d._ *The Epistle of the Gallican Churches*: Lugdunum and Vienna. With an Appendix containing Tertullian's Address to Martyrs and the Passion of St. Perpetua. Translated, with Introduction and Notes, by Rev. T. HERBERT BINDLEY, D.D. *The Epistles of St. Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch.* By Rev. J. H. SRAWLEY, M.A. In two volumes. 1_s._ each. *The Liturgy of the Eighth Book of **"**the Apostolic Constitutions,**"* commonly called the Clementine Liturgy. Translated into English, with Introduction and Notes, by Rev. R. H. CRESSWELL, M.A. 1_s._ 6_d._ *The Shepherd of Hermas.* By the Rev. C. TAYLOR, D.D., Master of St. John's College, Cambridge. Vol. I. 2_s._ FOOTNOTES 1 Sir Edwin Arnold's _Seas and Lands_, chap. xxvii. 2 Charles II's queen, it will be remembered, was Katharine of Braganza. 3 This rendering seems preferable to the more usual "Way of the Gods." The term _Polytheism_ is not, strictly speaking, applicable to Shinto. 4 One of the great temples at Shiba, Tokio, was burnt by the Buddhists to prevent its falling into the hands of the Shinto priests. It may be mentioned here, as an instance of the liberal feeling of the present (Shinto) government, that one of this same group of buildings was lent for the Church of England services, before St. Andrew's church was built. It is the old nobility who have been throughout the uncompromising opponents of Christianity, and indeed of all change; and the most zealous supporters of Buddhism. 5 Eden's Japan, Historical and Descriptive. 6 Even an approximate total is difficult to calculate. At the lowest estimate we have a number considerably exceeding the whole mass of Christians. But it is important to bear in mind that in China, _which supplies more than three-fourths of the total number_, both Taouism and Confucianism are professed in conjunction with Buddhism. See Rhys Davids' _Buddhism_, chap. I (S.P.C.K.). 7 Thibet. _ 8 Light of Asia_, i. 142, and vi. 688. _ 9 Lectures on Buddhism_, pp. 62-3. _ 10 Legends and Theories of the Buddhists_, p. 187. 11 Prof. Max Mueller, however (_H
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