VI CONTENTS. 



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The perfection of art .in Greece 453 



The condition of art in more modern times 454 



Tropical scenery 455 



Panoramas 457 



III. Cultivation of tropical plants Contrasts and assemblages of 

 vegetable forms. Impressions induced by the physiognomy and 



character of the vegetation 458-465 



Eastern gardens 461 



Chinese parks and gardens 463 



Physiognomy of nature ... 465 



PART II. 



HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNIVERSE. 

 PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF THE GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT AND 

 EXTENSION OF THE IDEA OF THE COSMOS AS A NATURAL 



WHOLE 466-479 



The knowledge of nature amongst the ancients 469 



Events which have been the means of extending a knowledge of 



nature 470 



Comparative philology 471 



The idea of the unity of the Cosmos 474 



History based on human testimony knows of no primitive race ... 475 



Ancient seats of civilisation 479 



PRINCIPAL MOMENTA THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE HISTORY OF THE 



PHYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNIVERSE 480 



I. TJie Mediterranean considered as the starting point 480-517 



Civilisation in the valley of the Nile 485 



The cultivation of the Phoenicians 490 



The amber trade 493 



The geographical myth of the Elysion 496 



The expeditions of Hiram and Solomon 499 



The Ophir (El Dorado) of Solomon 501 



The Etruscans 502 



The highly-gifted Hellenic races 504 



The landscape of Greece 506 



The three events which extended the knowledge of the universe ... 507 



The extent of inland traffic 510 



The Doric migrations 512 



Contact with the East 513 



The passage beyond the Pillars of Hercules 515 



II. Expeditions of the Macedonians under Alexander the Great 517-535 

 The foundation of Greek cities in Asia.... 518 



