The Jdtaka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former 

 Births, TrcDislated from the Pali by Various Hands. 

 Index Volume. 



Royal 8vo. Buckram, pp. iv + 64. Price 5.S. net. 



The publication of the inde.x volume completes this work. The stories are 



contained in six volumes, price I2.r. dd. net each; the price for the set 



including the index volume, Ijeing ^3. y. od. net. 



Extract from the Preface to J^ohtme I 



It is quite uncertain when these various birth-stories were 

 put together in a systematic form such as we find in our 



present Jataka collection Some of the birth-stories are 



evidently Buddhistic and entirely depend for their point on 

 some custom or idea peculiar to Buddhism ; but many are 

 pieces of folk-lore which have floated about the world for 

 ages as the stray waifs of literature and are liable everywhere 

 to be appropriated by any casual claimant. 



The Jatakas themselves are of course interesting as speci- 

 mens of Buddhist literature ; but their foremost interest to us 

 consists in their relation to folk-lore and the light which they 

 often throw on those popular stories which illustrate so vividly 

 the ideas and superstitions of the early times of civilisation. 

 In this respect they possess a special value, as, although much 

 of their matter is peculiar to Buddhism, they contain em- 

 bedded with it an unrivalled collection of Folk-lore. They 

 are also full of interest as giving a vivid picture of the social 



life and customs of ancient India They form in fact an 



ever-shifting panorama of the village life in the old days 

 before the Muhammadan conquest. 



Greek Oligarchies. Their Character and Organisation. 

 By Leonard IVhibley, M.A., Felloiv of Pembroke College, 

 Cambridge. 



Reissue. Crown 8vo. pp. viii-f2l2. Price 3^-. td. net. 

 CONTENTS 



CHAP. 



I The Classification of Constitutions : The Claims and Character of 



Oligarchy. 



II The Causes of Constitutional Change. 



III The Historical Development of Constitutions. 



IV Varieties of Oligarchy. 



V Organisation of Oligarchic Government. 

 Index. 



10 



