CENTRAL AND WESTERN ASIA, EUROPE, AND ELSEWHERE, SHOWING THEIR RELATIONS TO RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS BY THOMAS INMAN, M.D. (LONDON), AUTHOR OF “ANCIENT FAITHS EMBODIED IN ANCIENT NAMES," ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: J. W. BOUTON, 706 BROADWAY. LONDON: TRÜBNER & CO. 1876. TO THOSE WHO THIRST AFTER KNOWLEDGE, AND ARE NOT DETERRED FROM SEEKING IT BY THE FEAR OF IMAGINARY DANGERS, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, WITH GREAT RESPECT, BY THE AUTHOR. “ Οὗτοι δὲ ἦσαν εὐγενέστεροι τῶν ἐν Θεσσαλονίκῃ, οἵτινες ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον μετὰ πάσης προθυμίας, τὸ καθ ̓ ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφὰς εἰ ἔχοι ταῦτα οὕτως.”—ACTS XVII. 11. |