A 12-volume work (plus an index volume) edited by James Hastings, was written between 1908 and 1921 and composed of entries by many contributors. My collection consist of first and second impression copies. This work covers not only religious matters but thousands of ancillary topics as well, including folklore, myth, ritual, anthropology, psychology, etc. It was originally published by T&T Clark in Edinburgh, and Charles Scribner's Sons in the United States. Volumes: I - A — Art (2nd impression, October 1925), xx pp., 888 pp. + illustrations [903pp.] II - Arthur — Bunyan (2nd impression, August 1930), xxii pp., 902 III - Burial — Confessions (1st impression 1910), xvi pp., 892 pp. + Historical Table of Confessions of Faith in Christendom by W.A. Curtis IV - Confirmation — Drama (1st impression 1911), xvi pp., 907 pp., author and publisher's works V - Dravidian — Fichte (1 st impression 1912), xvi pp., 908 pp. VI - Fiction — Hyksos (1st impression 1913), xviii pp., 890 pp. VII - Hymns — Liberty (1st impression 1914), xx pp., 911 pp. + publishing list VIII - Life and Death — Mulla (2nd impression August 1930), xx pp., 910 pp. IX - Mundas — Phrygians (2nd impression August 1930), xx pp., 911 pp. X - Picts — Sacraments(2nd impression 1930), xx pp., 915 pp. XI - Sacrifice — Sudra (2nd impression 1934), xx pp., 916 pp. XII - Suffering — Zwingli (1st impression 1921), xxiv pp., 876 pp. + publishings list Index (1st impression 1926), 757 pages Condition: Really nice, despite being ex-library books. Binding: Red hard boards, edges curved, and worned. On the front pages foxes. Vanishing color due to time. Please see the pictures. Tremendous amount of work put in creating such great opus is worth to sit down and read it. It witnesses the attempt of understanding the world and events more than 100 years ago that shaped the presence.