Janeiro, in the year 1889. The object of the lectureship was "to promote
among candidates for the ministry, and to bring out among ministers the
fruits of study in Science, Philosophy, Languages, Antiquity, and
Sociology."




CONTENTS


I. THE NEW ERA--SOME LEADING WITNESSES 1

II. INDIAN CONSERVATISM 11

III. NEW SOCIAL IDEAS 21

IV. THE CHIEF SOLVENT OF THE OLD IDEAS 39

V. WOMAN'S PLACE 50

VI. THE TERMS WE EMPLOY 65

VII. NEW POLITICAL IDEAS--A UNITING INDIA 72

VIII. NEW POLITICAL IDEAS--FALSE PATRIOTISM 88

IX. NEW RELIGIOUS IDEAS--ARE THERE ANY? 103

X. THE NEW RELIGIOUS ORGANISATIONS OF INDIA IN THE NINETEENTH