Catalog Record: Story of the world's worship; a complete, graphic and comparative history of the many strange beliefs, superstitious practices, domestic peculiarities, sacred writings, systems of philosophy, legends and traditions, customs and habits of mankind throughout the world, ancient and modern. This dark and mystic picture strikingly compared with the beauty and purity of revealed religion, the whole forming the fascinating story of the world's worship from the birth of man to the present day | Hathi Trust Digital Library

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Story of the world's worship; a complete, graphic and comparative history of the many strange beliefs, superstitious practices, domestic peculiarities, sacred writings, systems of philosophy, legends and traditions, customs and habits of mankind throughout the world, ancient and modern. This dark and mystic picture strikingly compared with the beauty and purity of revealed religion, the whole forming the fascinating story of the world's worship from the birth of man to the present day, by Frank S. Dobbins ... Assisted by Hon. S. Wells Williams and Prof. Isaac Hall ... The whole profusely illustrated from authentic and trustworthy sources.

Main Author: Dobbins, Frank S. 1855-1916.
Other Authors: Williams, S. Wells 1812-1884,, Hall, Isaac H. 1837-1896.
Language(s): English
Published: Chicago, The Dominion Company [1901]
Subjects: Religions.
Mythology.
Idols and images > Worship.
Note: Published also with title: False gods; or, The idol-worship of the world, Philadelphia, 1881, and: Error's chains: how forged and broken, New York, 1883, 1886.
Physical Description: xxii, 33-785 p. front., illus., plates. 25 cm.
Original Format: Book
Original Classification Number: BL80 .D64 1901a
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