The Open court . t a more intensely absorbing study of this kind has been made, and it canbe safely asserted that the subject has never before been so comprehensively .Neither public nor private libraries can afiford to be without this book, for it is a well of informa*tion upon a subject fascinating to both students and casual readers.—Chicago Israelite. As a remarkable and scholarly work, covering a subject not yet exhausted by the scientistand the philosophical historian, this book by Dr. Carus has a peculiar interest for the student,while it has also features of popular interest.
The Open court . t a more intensely absorbing study of this kind has been made, and it canbe safely asserted that the subject has never before been so comprehensively .Neither public nor private libraries can afiford to be without this book, for it is a well of informa*tion upon a subject fascinating to both students and casual readers.—Chicago Israelite. As a remarkable and scholarly work, covering a subject not yet exhausted by the scientistand the philosophical historian, this book by Dr. Carus has a peculiar interest for the student,while it has also features of popular interest.—Chicago Record. The pictorial illustrations of this subject from earliest Egyptian frescoes, from pagan idols,from old black-letter tomes, from quaint early Christian sculpture, down to the model pictures ofDore and Schneider, add greatly to the value of the hotik,,—Methodist Magazine and Revieto, The Open Court Publishing Co. 324 DEARBORN STREET, CHICAGOLondon: KEQAN PAUL, TRENCH TRDBNER & CO., PRAJNAPARAMITA. THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM. Specimen of the Ancient Buddhistic Art of Java. (Royal Museum of Leyden.)Frontispiece to The Open Court. The Open Court A MONTHLY MAGAZINE Devoted to the Science of Religion, the Religion of Science, andthe Extension of the Religious Parliament Idea. VOL. XV. (NO. 6.) JUNE, 1901. NO. 541 Copyright by The Open Court Publishing Co., 1901. OUR GOLDEN-RULE-TREATY WITH CHINA,AND OUR MISSIONARIES. BY MONCURE D. CONWAY. IN 1796 President Washington sent to the Senate a treaty withTripoli whose opening article is as follows: As the Government of the United States of America is not inany sense founded on the Christian religion,—as it has in itself nocharacter of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity ofMussulmans,—and as the said States have never entered into anywar or act of hostility against any Mahometan nation, it is declaredby the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shallever produce an interruption
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