CONTENTS 



THE SECOND VOLUME. 



CHAPTER IV. Medicine, continued. 



§ 5. Materia Medica 1 



CHAPTER V. Geography 27 



CHAPTER VI. Mathematics 6g 



CHAPTER VII. Navigation 82 



CHAPTER VIII. Agriculture 90 



CHAPTER IX. Mechanic Arts 108 



CHAPTER X. Fine Arts 120 



§ 1. Painting 128 



§ 2. Sculpture I39 



§ 3. Engraving 142 



§ 4. Music 146 



§ 5. Architecture 153 



CHAPTER XI. Physiognomy.. 156 



CHAPTER XII. Philosophy of the Human 



Mind 163 



CHAPTER XIII. Classic Literature 217 



CHAPTER XIV. Oriental Literature 243 



§ 1 . Hebrew Literature 243 



§ 2. Arabic Literature 26'0 



§ 3. Persian Literature 264 



§ 4. Hindoo Literature 269 



§ 5. Chinese Literature 280 



General Observations 28f 



CHAPTER XV. Modern Languages '.... 29O 



§ 1. English 2p4 



§ 2. French 310 



§ 3. Italian 313 



§ 4. German 314 



