Hachette et Cie and Messrs.

Parker of Oxford for those from _La Cite Antique_ of M.Fustel de Coulanges.

Much assistance has also been obtained from Sir E.B.Tylor's _Early History of Mankind_ and _Primitive Culture_, Lord Avebury's _The Origin of Civilisation_, Mr.E.Sidney Hartland's _Primitive Paternity_, and M.Salomon Reinach's _Cultes, Mythes et Religions_.

The labours of these eminent authors have made it possible for the student to obtain a practical knowledge of the ethnology of the world by the perusal of a small number of books; and if any of the ideas put forward in these volumes should ultimately be so fortunate as to obtain acceptance, it is to the above books that I am principally indebted for having been able to formulate them.

Other works from which help has been obtained are M.Emile Senart's _Les Castes dans I'Inde_, Professor W.E.Hearn's _The Aryan Household_, and Dr.A.H.