CONTENTS. 



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 .................................................. 405 



PAET II. 



HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OP THE UNIVERSE. 

 PRINCIPAL CAUSES OP THE GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT AND 

 EXTENSION OF THE IDEA OP 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 



PRISTOTPAL MOMENTA THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE HISTORY OP THE 



1HYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNIVERSE .480 



I. The Mediterranean considered as the starting point 480-51 7 



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 A lexander the Great 517-535 

 The foundation of Greek cities in Asia 618 



