THE 1,635 VOLUMES CITED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY INCLUDE ARCHIVAL AS WELL AS MODERN PUBLICATIONS, ENDING WITH THE YEAR 1964. THE FIRST TWO SECTIONS LIST GENERAL WORKS ON SEMITIC AND ETHIOPIAN LANGUAGES. FOLLOWING SECTIONS GROUP THE SEMITIC LANGUAGES ACCORDING TO (1) NORTH ETHIOPIC--INCLUDING GEEZ, TIGRE, AND TIGRINYA, AND (2) SOUTH ETHIOPIC--INCLUDING AMHARIC, ARGOBBA, GAFAT, GURANGE, AND HARARI. EACH SPECIFIC LANGUAGE SECTION IS PREFACED BY A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS IN WHICH THE LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN, ANALYTICAL TABLES (INDICATING THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER AND SPECIFIC LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATIONS OF THE VOLUMES WITHIN THE SECTION), A BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND SUCH ADDITIONAL CATAGORIZATIONS AS GRAMMATICAL OUTLINES, GRAMMARS, DICTIONARIES, VOCABULARIES, AND PROBLEMS OF GRAMMAR AND LEXICOGRAPHY. APPENDED INDEXES LIST AUTHORS, REVIEWERS, AND SUBJECTS. THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY IS VOLUME I OF "BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON THE NEAR EAST," PUBLISHED BY MOUTON AND COMPANY, THE HAGUE. (AMM)