to this high standard are of questionable value anywhere. APPENDIX THE CALENDAR In 1904, January 1, according to our Gregorian calendar, came on Friday. The Julian calendar, the one used by the Greek Orthodox Church, made this same day the nineteenth of December. According to the Moslem calendar it was the thirteenth day of the month Shawwâl, and by the Hebrew calendar, as it is read in Arabic by the Jews in Palestine, it was the thirteenth day of the month Ṭebet. For the year 1904 the correspondences of the four calendars were as given on the next page. The following list shows the names of the months, as used by the native Arabic-speaking Christians (first column), by the Moslems (second column), and by the Jews (third column): Kânûn ith-thâny Shawwâl Ṭebet Shibâṭ Dhû il-ḳa‛dat Shabâṭ Âdhâr Dhû il-ḥajjat Âdâr Nîsân Muḥarram Nîsân Âyyâr Ṣafar Âyyâr Ḥazîrân Rabî‛a il-âwwal Sîwân Tammûz Rabî‛a il-âkhir Tammûz Âb Jumâdâ il-ûlâ Âb Aylûl Jumâdâ il-âkhirat Aylûl Tishrîn il-âwwal Rajab Tishry Tishrîn ith-thâny Sha‛bân Ḥishwân Kânûn il-âwwal Ramaḍân Kislû The Oriental churches use the Julian calendar, while Protestants and Roman Catholics use the Gregorian. The Moslem year is a lunar year. Thus it can be understood readily that the variety of designations for any given day is considerable. Moreover, the Copts and the Armenians have methods peculiar to themselves. GREGORIAN JULIAN January 1 Kânûn ith-thâny 1 Kânûn il-âwwal 19 14 14 Kânûn ith-thâny 1 18 18 5 February 1 Shibâṭ 1 19 14 14 Shibâṭ 1 17 17 4 March 1 Âdhâr 1 17 14 14 Âdhâr 1 17 17 4 18 18 5 April 1 Nîsân 1 19 14 14 Nîsân 1 16 16 3 17 17 4 May 1 Âyyâr 1 18 14 14 Âyyâr 1 15 15 2 16 16 3