Closely follows format of Encyclopedia Metropolitana, and refers to it, but remains outside that series. Other contributors are E. Pococke, T.N. Talfourd, J.T. Butt, J.B. Ottley. Illustrated with numerous engravings in the text, the authors assert the oriental origins of Greek mythology, drawing on literary sources, with extracts in their original Greek, Persian (Farsi) and Hindu (Sanskrit) script.