Part 38

Peel, Sir Robert, quoted, 232.

Peninsular War and heroic poetry, 173.

Peter the Great's Caspian expedition, 296.

Phingari, 196.

Polytheism, formerly universal, 428; gives way to Christianity, 431.

Pope, 37. Byron's praise, 193.

Porter, Jane, and historical romance, 23.

Rabelais, 321.

=Race and Religion=, 399-426. Ancient groupings of peoples, 399. Effect of (1) the Roman Empire, (2) Christianity and Islam, 400. Consolidation of States in the West, 401. Importance of 'Race' overlooked by Utilitarians, 402. Gravity of the question in Austria, 403. Its complexity in Turkey, 406. Maintenance of racial and religious differences by Asiatic Empires, 407. Close alliance of Greek Church with the State, 410. Classification of the people by religion in Ottoman Empire, 411. Importance of 'Race and Religion' in Asia, 412. Religious distinctions predominant in Western Asia, 413. Causes of the Armenian massacres, 414. Racial distinctions predominant in Afghanistan, 417. India, connotation of 'Hindu,' 418. Complexities of race and creed, 420. Policy of religious neutrality, 421. Peculiarity of religious situation in China, 422. Russian Empire, conclusions, 424.

Race distinctions, increasing influence of, 252.

Radcliffe, Mrs., the novelist, 5.

Raleigh, Sir Walter, on The English Novel, 1.

Ramsay, Sir William, on writing of history, 386.

Rawlinson on the effect of troubles in the Caucasus on Russian policy, 315.

Realism defined, 25. Its dangers, 28, 30, 31, (cf. 12, 140).

Reform Bill, 232.

=Religions, The State in its Relation to Eastern and Western=, 427-453. Eastern religions, Buddhism and Hinduism; Western, Christianity and Islam, 427. Growth of State domination under Roman Empire, 429. Domination of the Church when Christianity established, 431. Conflict with Islam, its effects, 432. Close alliance of both faiths with the State, 434. Absence of religious wars and of persecution in ancient India, 434. The situation in China, 437; and in Japan, 443. India, political independence of Hinduism, 443. Toleration by Mohammedan rulers, 446. Hinduism never an established religion, 447. British policy of neutrality, 447. Some political disadvantages, 449. Conclusions: difference in relations of Eastern and Western religions to the State, 451.

Renan, 379.

Ricardo, 234.

Richardson, the novelist, 3.

Ritchie, Lady Richmond, 76. Quoted, 79.

Robert Elsmere, its popularity, 30.

Roberts, Lord, 136, 142, 163, 319.

Rodney, Admiral, 115.

Roman Catholic Church, its polity compared with the Greek, 410. Inheritor of Imperial tradition, 432.

Roman Empire, its frontier policy, 292; also 400, 420, 430, 441.

Roman Naturaliste, by Brunetière, 25.

Rousseau, J. J., 212.