A reprint of the 1871 edition.
Contents:
Introduction
Legends and Myths
The Habitable World
The Superior Heavens
The Collective Universe
Legend of Sakya
Buddhism as Religion
Nirvana
The Sutra of the 42 Sections
The Pratimoksha
The Daily Manual of the Shaman
The Tian T’ai School
Scholastic Period
Translation of Sutras
Mystic Period
Translations
Decline and Fall
Naga Worship
About the author (from Wikipedia):
Samuel Beal (27 November 1825, in Devonport, Devon – 20 August 1889, in Greens Norton, Northamptonshire) was an Oriental scholar, and the first Englishman to translate direct from the Chinese the early records of Buddhism, thus throwing light upon Indian history.
