round his head and the divinely glorious attitude of his whole person remind us of Roman Catholic conceptions of Christ, such as can be found in abundance in all Catholic countries, especially in Southern Europe and in the Spanish colonies of America.

2. Bodhisattva, the teacher of the law, also of gilded wood (Fifteenth Century), stands upon the lotus in the attitude of a preacher. In contrast to the statue of Mi-rô-Kou it emphasizes the human in Buddha and reminds us of the Protestant conception of Christ, which found its noblest representation in Thorwaldsen's famous statue.

3. Sam-bô, or the Buddhistic trinity, again representing Roman Catholic taste, shows the three jewels, the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. The Dharma (in one sense the Christian logos, in another the Holy Ghost) being most appropriately represented by written words, nor is it impossible that its higher position may indicate a certain superiority over the Buddha and the Sangha. For the Buddha is the incarnation and the Sangha the continued proclamation of the Dharma.

4. Kouan-yin, a peculiar conception of Buddha (made of porcelain), represents Buddha in one of his female incarnations as the goddess of charity and motherly love. The resemblance to Roman Catholic representations of Mary, the mother of Christ, is obvious, and the coincidence loses none of its force when we consider that the mythological conception of Kouan-yin is radically different from that of Mary. Buddha is conceived not as the object of motherly