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- [c 1908-1926] (Creation)
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1 box
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Gift of P. C. Pearson, 1988.
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MS drafts, with occasional edits and typsetting notes, for entries in the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics headed "Crimes and Punishments (Greek)", "Demons and Spirits (Greek)", "Ethical Ideas", "Ethics and Morality (Greek)", "Gifts (Graeco-Roman)", "Heroes and Hero-Gods (Greek and Roman)", "Human Sacrifice (Greek)", "Inspiration (Greek and Roman)", "King and Kingship (Greek and Roman)", Mother of the Gods (Greek and Roman)", "Muses", "Myrmidons", "Ostracism", "Plutarch", "Propitiation (Roman)", and "Transmigration (Greek and Roman)". The Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics was edited by James Hastings, and published in Edinburgh, 1908-1926. Accompanied by drafts of two articles and two reviews for The Classical Review from 1914-1920: articles headed "ΑΙΤΝΑΙΟΙ ΚΑΝΘΑΡΟΙ" and "Sophoclea" and reviews of John Burnet's Die Anfange der griechischen Philosophie and A. O. Prickard's Selected Essays of Plutarch, vol. II.