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of Russia." And, what may be more unexpected still, even in Mexico Buddhism was discovered to have had followers as late as the 13th century, a circumstance made evident from the details and descriptions contained in a Chinese author of the end of the fifteenth century of our era concerning "the far distant land into which pious men and heavy storms had transferred the sacred doctrine."

For details see Holmboe, "Traces de Buddhisme en Norvège,” p. 69. Even the name of the god Odin, or Wodan, the highest god in German mythology, Holmboe says, may be referred to Buddhist terms and to the Sanskrit word Budh and its derivations Buddha, Bodhin, Bodhān, Bodhant. The change of b into v has taken place already in Sanskrit, and the dropping of the in the ancient language of Norway is said to be very frequent in words in which it is followed by o or u.— - A brief summary, with critical remarks, of Holmboe's book is given by Rajendralal Mitra in Journ. As. Soc. Beng., Vol. XXVII., p. 46.

2 See Neumann, as quoted by Lassen, "Indische Alterthumskunde," Vol. IV., p. 749.—In the United States of America, too, artificial mounds have been found bearing such a curious analogy with the tumuli in Norway, that it has been suggested by American antiquarians, that a people coming from Norway discovered America already about the year 1000 of our era. Rafn, as quoted by Holmboe, p. 23.

APPENDIX.

A.

LITERATURE.

AN ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE WORKS AND MEMOIRS
CONNECTED WITH BUDDHISM, ITS DOGMAS, HISTORY,

AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.

TITLES OF THE PERIODICALS AND COLLECTIVE PUBLICATIONS CONSULTED.-ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE AUTHORS.

THE following register gives the full title of all notable publications on Buddhism, including memoirs contained in periodicals, as well as separate works. The literature of the various languages of Europe is so vast that I dare not hope that this list is sufficiently detailed and complete. But I may be allowed at least to add, as an apology for my compilation, that I was not aided by a previous enumeration of this kind.

For official assistance I am particularly indebted to the director of the Royal and State Library at Munich, Professor Halm.

An arrangement of the literature in reference to the principal objects is easily found in the "Index," where the respective publications are added to the other details.

TITLES OF THE PERIODICALS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS

EXAMINED.

(The words in brackets are the abbreviations I use.)

ABHANDLUNGEN der königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. Up to 1860. (Abh. d. Berl. Akad.)

ARBEITEN der russischen Mission in Peking. Deutsche Uebersetzung von Abel und Mecklenburg. Berlin, 1858. Vols. I., II. (Arb. d. russ. Mission.)

ARCHIV für die wissenschaftliche Kunde von Russland, von Erman. Vols. I. to XX. (Erman's Archiv.)

ASIATIC RESEARCHES, or Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal. Calcutta. Vols. I. to XX. The octavo edition is distinguished by 8°. (As. Res.)

BULLETIN scientifique publié par l'Académie des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Vols. I. to X. (Bull. sc. St. Pétersb. Acad.)

BULLETIN de la classe historico-philologique de l'Académie Im

périale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Vols. I. to XIV. (Bull. hist.-phil. St. Pétersb.)

BULLETIN de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Pétersbourg. Vols. I. to V. (Bull. St. Pétersb. Acad.)

CHINESE REPOSITORY. Canton. Vol. III. (Chin. Rep.)

DENKSCHRIFTEN der k. k. Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien.

(Denkschr. d. Wien. Akad.)

GLEANINGS IN SCIENCE. Calcutta. Vols. 1. to III. (Glean.

in sc.)

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