24. THEOPHILUS G. PINCHES, LL.D., M.R.A.S., ON THE 
D. The Semitic Religions (Assyro-Chaldea, Western 
Asia, Judaism, Islamism). 
E. The Religions of India and Iran. 
F. The Rehgions of Greece and Rome. 
G. The Religions of the Germans, the Celts, and the 
Slavs. 
H. Christianity. 
The following were set forth as the subjects to be touched 
upon :— 
SECTION A.—Non-civilized peoples and pre-Columbian America. 
Totemism, the functions of sacritice. The condition of 
souls after death. 
The table of the movable festivals in central pre-Columbian 
America, with special reference to those of the Mayas. 
The figured representations of Mexican divinities and 
divinities of central America, especially those of the Codices 
and the monuments. 
SECTION B.—China, Japan, Indo-China; Mongols, Finns. 
The relations of the religions of China with the state 
(state-religions, policy of the Government with regard to 
Baddiiian. Taoism, Islamism, and Christianity). 
The moral of Choang-tse. 
The historical evolution of Buddhism in China, Corea, and 
Japan (propagation, the various schools, relations with civil 
life, present condition). 
The organization, doctrines, and ritual of the Buddhist 
sects at present in Japan. 
The distribution of Pali Buddhism and Chinese Buddhism 
in Indo-China. 
SECTION C.—Lqypt. 
The funeral rites at the Thinite periods, as revealed by the 
most recent discoveries (Petrie, Amélineau, Morgan). "The 
differences which they show compared with ‘the rites of later 
times, and that which has reference to their practice in the 
unerary texts as far as they are at present known (Book of 
the Dead; Pyramid-Texts; Book of Hades; Embalmment- 
tual). 
Phtah of Memphis. His primitive character, theological 
