FOREWORD. 



There seems to be room for a careful and critical examination 

 of the sources for the history of the little-known city of Dor. 

 This work presents the results of an investigation which has 

 aimed to take into account all the extant literature bearing on 

 the subject. So far as possible the testimony of sources has been 

 carefull}^ sifted and weighed. It is to be hoped that the evidence 

 of excavations on the site of the city may sometime be available 

 to increase our knowledge gained from the literary remains. 



To Professor C. C. Torrey of Yale University, my sincerest 

 appreciation and most grateful thanks are due for many helpful 

 suggestions and for inspiration gained through conference with 

 him. I wish also to extend my thanks to Professor W. Max 

 Miiller of the University of Pennsylvania for information regard- 

 ing the Egyptian form, D-ira. To Professor A. T. Clay of Yale 

 University I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness for assistance 

 in the preparation of the chapter on "Dor in Assyrian Literature." 



