and so has no proper sub-divisions. It was republished after his death in book form, and has remained a basic handbook for the student of Syriac. The material in it comes from various sources, but much of it from the Chronicum Ecclesiasticum of Bar Hebraeus, of which no English translation exists. A bibliography of his work can be found by R. L. Benaly, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1889, pp. 708 and following. There is also an entry in the Dictionary of National Biography. Publications The book of Jonah in four semitic versions : Chaldee, Syriac, Aethiopic and Arabic. London, (1857). Contributions to the apocryphal literature of the New Testament / collected and edited from Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum, with an English translation and notes, by W. Wright. (1865) The departure of my Lady Mary from this world / edited from two Syriac MSS. in the British Museum, and translated by W. Wright. (1865) (Journal of sacred literature and Biblical record for January and April, 1865) The homilies of Aphraates, the Persian sage / [by] Aphraates, the Persian sage. (1869) Syriac text only. A Grammar of The Arabic Language. (London), Simon Wallenberg Press, Vol-1 & Vol-2 Catalogue of Syriac Manuscripts in The British Museum acquired since the year 1838 (1870), 3 vols: vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3. Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles / edited from Syriac manuscripts in the British Museum and other libraries by William Wright. (1871). In 2 vols, Syriac and English. Fragments of the Curetonian Gospels [in Syriac] / ed. by W. Wright. (1872) Fragments of the Homilies of Cyril of Alexandria on the Gospel of S. Luke (1874) The chronicle of Joshua the stylite : composed in Syriac A.D. 507. With a translation into English and notes by W. Wright. (1882) S. Ignatius. Revised texts with introductions, notes, dissertations, and translations. Gr., Lat., Eng.-Syriac remains of S. Ignatius. (1885) Some apocryphal Psalms in Syriac. Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology, June 1887 The book of Kalilah and Dimnah / translated from Arabic into Syriac (1884) Syriac only. Lectures on the Comparative Grammar of the Semitic Languages (Cambridge, 1890)* A short history of Syriac literature. (1894) Epistolae Pilati et Herodis graece. (W. Wright's translation of the Syriac version.) Gr. & Eng. (1897) Ecclesiastical history of Eusebius in Syriac / edited from the manuscripts by William Wright and Norman McLean, with a