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NOTE ON THE TRANSLITERATION OF SANSKRIT
The system of diacritical marks used in the Bibliographies and the Index (with square brackets), as well as in the English translations of original French and Russian texts, does not strictly follow any one specific scholar, to the exclusion of all others. While adhering to a very large extent to Sir Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary, as for instance in the case of the Anusvâra, the transliteration adopted includes forms introduced by other Sanskrit scholars as well, being therefore of a selective nature.
It should also be noted that the diacritical mark for a long “a” was in the early days a circumflex, and therefore all of H.P.B.’s writings embody this sound in the form of “â.” No change has been made from this earlier notation to its more modern form of the “macron,” or line over the “a.” Such a change would have necessitated too many alterations, and almost certainly would have produced confusion; therefore the older usage has been adhered to throughout.
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GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
The material contained in the following pages is of necessity a selective one, and is intended to serve three purposes: (a) to give condensed information, not otherwise readily available, about the life and writings of some individuals mentioned by H. P. B. in the text, and who are practically unknown to the present-day student; (h) to give similar data about a few well-known scholars who are discussed at length by H. P. B., and whose writings she constantly quotes; and (c) to give full information regarding all works and periodicals quoted or referred to in the main text and in the Compiler's Notes, with or without biographical data of their authors. All such works are marked with an asterisk (*).
Abercrombie, John, Scottish physician, b. at Aberdeen, Oct. 10, 1780; d. Nov. 14, 1844. Went in 1800 to Edinburgh where he studied medicine, taking his degree in 1803. After further studies at St. George’s Hospital in London, he returned to Edinburgh and began practicing. He was connected with the public dispensary, and specialized in acquiring knowledge of the moral and physical condition of the poor. He combined metaphysical interests with his scientific research, and is best remembered as the author of *In- quiries Concerning the Intellectual Powers and the Investigation of Truth (Edinburgh, 1830). Towards the end of his life he decided to quit the established church. His literary output on scientific subjects was very considerable.
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius (1486-1535). *De occulta philosophia. A work written in 1510, partly under the influence of his friend, John Trithemius, but which was not published until 1531, when Vol. I appeared at Antwerp. The first edition of all the three volumes is that of the Fratres Beringo, Lugduni (Lyon), 1533. A fourth and spurious volume has been circulated later. The passages used by H.P.B. are, however, from Henry Morley’s work entitled *The Life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, Doctor and Knight, Commonly known as a Magician. London: Chapman and Hall, 1856, 2 vols.
620 Ammianus Marcellinus (330-395 a.d.). *History. Loeb Class. Library.
Ampère, André Marie. French physicist, b. at Polémieux, near Lyons, Jan. 22, 1775; d. at Marseilles, June 10, 1836. His father perished on the scaffold during the revolution, producing a powerful impression on the young man who remained depressed for a long time. In 1809, he became prof, of mathematics at the École Polytechnique in Paris, and, owing to his scientific researches, was admitted to the Institute in 1814. He established the relation between electricity and magnetism, developed a mathematical theory which explained the electro-magnetic phenomena already observed, and predicted many more. Apart from many important scientific papers, he is the author of a remarkable Essai sur la philosophie des sciences (1838-43). Ampère was a kindly and simple character who suffered many personal blows in life, but rose valiantly above them.
*Arabian Nights Entertainments. Translated by E. William Lane, with Notes and Illustrations designed to make the work an Encyclopaedia of Eastern Manners, 1838-40, 3 vols.
Arne, Thomas Augustine. English composer, b. in London, 1710; d. March 5, 1778. Author of a number of operas, he was connected with both Drury Lane and Covent Garden Theatres, and produced a large number of plays. In 1740 he wrote the music for Thomson and Mallet’s Masque of Alfred which contained the now famous *Rule, Britannia!
d’Ars, Curé. See Vianney, J. B.
Ashburner, John (1793-1878). Although H.P.B. does not actually refer to any specific work by this author, she most likely had in mind one of these two: Facts in Clairvoyance... with Observations on Mesmerism, etc., London, 1848; and Notes and Studies in the Philosophy of Animal Magnetism and Spiritualism, etc., London, 1867.
*Asiatick Researches; or, Transactions of the Society instituted in Bengal, for inquiring into the History and Antiquities, the Arts, Sciences, and Literature, of Asia. Calcutta, 1788-1839, 20 vols. 4to; London, 1801-12, 11 vols. 8vo; new ed., Calcutta, 1875, etc.— Index to first 18 vols., Calcutta, 1835.
621 *Atharva-Veda. Fourth Veda, said to have been composed by Atharvan, alleged to have been the first to institute the worship of fire and offer Soma. Consists chiefly of formulae and spells intended to counteract diseases and calamities. Atharva-Veda Sanhita, ed. by R. Roth and W. D. Whitney, Berlin, 1855-56.—With the Comm, of Sayanacharya. Ed. by Shankar Pandurant Pandit, Bombay, 1895-98, 4 vols.—Translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. Griffith, Benares, 1895-96, 2 vols.—Transl. by W. D. Whitney; rev. & ed. by C. R. Lanman, Cambridge, Mass., 1905. Transl. into English prose by M. Bloomfield, Oxford, 1897, in SBE, Vol. XLII.
Atkinson, Henry George (1812-90). *Letters on the Laws of Man’s Nature and Development, by H.G.A. & Harriett Martineau. Boston: J. P. Mendum, and London: J. Chapman, 1851.