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Note 690 — Chapter VII · SURVIVALS IN BURIAL CUSTOMS

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Ibid. p. 6. On the general question, reference should be made to Chapter iv. of the same work, and to H. Spencer, Principles of Sociology, III. ch. i. et passim. Cf. J. G. Frazer, The Golden Bough, 1890, 2 vols., passim; Totemism and Exogamy, I. p. 204; II. pp. 148 n., 327; IV. p. 32 etc.; Lord Avebury, Origin of Civilisation, 6th edition, 1902, chaps. vi., vii., viii.; E. Westermarck, Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas, 1908, II. ch. xlvii.; A. Lang, Origins of Religion, R.P.A. edition, 1908, ch. xii.; G. Tyrrell, The Faith of the Millions, 1901, pp. 215-76; L. Hopf, The Human Species, authorized English edition, 1909, pp. 308-313; E. Metchnikoff, Nature of Man, tr. P. Chalmers Mitchell, 1906, ch. vii. See also Athenaeum, 5 June 1909, pp. 665-6. For a criticism from the mythological standpoint, see J. M. Robertson, Christianity and Mythology, 1900, pp. 40-51, 71-8; A. E. Crawley, Origin and Function of Religion (Sociological Papers: Sociol. Soc.), 1907, pp. 243-277. The report of a valuable discussion is appended. S. Reinach, Orpheus, Histoire Générale des Religions, 1909, ch. i.; W. Crooke, in Nature, LXXXIV. pp. 414-5.

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