_Sena Febrak._ History of the Creation; containing certain fabulous traditions concerning the Creation and the Antediluvian world, said to have been communicated to Moses on Mount Sinai, but not recorded in the Book of Genesis. _Tamera Mariam._ Miracles of the Holy Virgin, wrought during her sojourn in Abyssinia, where she is said to have tarried three years and six months with the infant Jesus, before her return to Palestine. _Nagara Mariam._ Words of the Holy Virgin. _Ardeet._ Words said to have been spoken by Christ before his ascension. _Kedasie._ Liturgy of the Abyssinian Church. _Gadela Adam._ History of Adam. _Auda Negest._ Book for prognostication. _Kufalik._ Mysteries revealed to Moses on Mount Sinai, not written in the Pentateuch. _Serata beita Chrestian._ Institutions of the Christian Church. _Degwa._ Book of anthems, in which all the pieces of the liturgy that are chanted are set to music by St. Yareed, a native of Simien, who lived thirteen centuries ago and is believed to live still. _Lefafa Zedik._ Prayers and spells against evil spirits and diseases, a book much esteemed, and buried along with the corpse. _Zalota Musa._ Prayers of Moses against the influence of evil spirits. _Melka Michael._ Prayers to St. Michael. _Mazafa Tomar._ A letter which Christ is said to have written. _Germama._ Prayers to frighten evil spirits. _Fekaric Yasoos._ Christ’s prophecy of the consummation of the world. _Haimanot Abao._ Doctrines of the Abyssinian Church, comprising extracts from the Holy Scriptures, from synods, councils, and writings of the Fathers. _Gelota Monakosat._ Prayers of the monks. _Felekisus._ Book on monastic subjects. _Gadela Yob._ Life of Job. _Raia Miriam._ Dream of the Holy Virgin. _Gadela Samoetal._ Lives of the martyrs. The second appendix of the same volume contains a summary of the “Senkesar, or Synaxaria, being a _Collectio Vitarum Sanctarum_ together with the Calendar of the Ethiopic Christian Church.” The compiler of the summary wrote, “The following calendar, translated from the Latin of Ludolf, has been considerably enlarged by a comparison at Ankóber with a complete copy of the ‘Senkesar.’ The lives of the Saints, or the detail of miracles written against each day, are publicly read in the churches at the services beginning at the cock’s first crowing.” The first month of the Abyssinian year is September. It is not surprising that in the long list of saints, patriarchs, prophets, martyrs, virgins, hermits, kings, “Fathers,” presbyters, emperors, and male and female ascetics whose deeds are commemorated between New Year’s Day (September 1, by Ethiopian reckoning) and the festival of St. Andrew and Moses, Bishop of Ferme, (being the thirtieth and last day of August according to the same computation), there should occur many names of worthies who are unknown to most European readers. For instance—