Excerpt from Tradition, Principally With Reference to Mythology and the Law of Nations
I shall have no hope of conveying to the reader, within the narrow limits of a preface, any fuller idea of the purport of this work than its title expresses; and as the chapters are necessarily interdependent, I can indicate no short-cut in the perusal by which this information can be obtained.
I venture to think that those who are interested in the special matters referred to will find something in these pages which may attract on account of its novelty - and some other things, new at least in their application - e.g. the comparison of Boulanger"s theory with the narratives of Captain R. Burton and Catlin.
The frequent introduction and the length of the notes, must, I am aware, give to these pages a repellent aspect, but the necessity of bringing various points under comparison has compelled this arrangement; and I regret to say that the argument runs through the whole, and that almost as much matter requiring consideration will be found in the notes and appendices as in the text.
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