The Annual of the American SchOol of Oriental Research in
Jerusalem. VoL L Edited by C. C. Torrey. (Yale University Press.)—The American School at Jerusalem was founded twenty years ago and has done some good archaeological ivork. It is now so well supported that it has decided to issue an annual volume, for which there will doubtless be plenty of material now that Western scholars can work freely in Palestine. Professor Torrey, who was the first Director, describes the remarkable Phoenician necropolis at Sidon which he excavated in 1901, finding a series of fine sarcophagi with sculptured heads. The late Professor Mitchell's elaborate description of "The Modern Wall of Jerusalem," with many photographs, is a valuable essay. Professor L. B. Paton records some "Survivals of Primitive Religion in Modern Palestine," and Professor W. J. Moulton contributes notes on miscellaneous discoveries, including some very curious early pyxes, shaped like a cock or a peacock. The American School has agreed to co-operate with the new British School in Jerusalem.
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