The object of the present Series is to state its results in popularly scientific form. Each work is complete in itself, and the Series, taken as a whole, neglects no phase of the general subject. Each contributor is a specialist in the subject assigned him, and has been chosen from the body of eminent Semitic scholars in Europe and in this country.
This Series will be composed of the following volumes:
I. Hebrews. History and Government. By Professor J. F. McCurdy, University of Toronto, Canada.
II. Hebrews. Ethics and Religion. By Professor Archibald Duff, Airedale College, Bradford, England. [Now Ready.
III. Hebrews. The Social Life. By the Rev. Edward Day, Springfield, Mass. [Now Ready.
IV. Babylonians and Assyrians, with introductory chapter on the Sumerians. History to the Fall of Babylon. By Dr. Hugo Winckler, University of Berlin. [In Press.
V. Babylonians and Assyrians. Religion. By Professor J. A. Craig, University of Michigan.
VI. Babylonians and Assyrians. Life and Customs. By Professor A. H. Sayce, University of Oxford, England. [Now Ready.
VII. Babylonians and Assyrians. Excavations and Account of Decipherment of Inscriptions.
VIII. Syria and Palestine. Early History. By Professor Lewis Bayles Paton, Hartford Theological Seminary. [Now Ready.