Not a few gentlemen in America have of late years interested themselves in the collection of oriental manuscripts, and among these a number of Ethiopic manuscripts have found their way into American libraries, public and private. It was my good fortune last autumn to become acquainted with such a private collection, through the courtesy of its possessor, Mr. Wilberforce Eames, of the New York Public Library. It seems desirable that some account of the Ethiopic manuscripts, five in number, in the collection of Mr. Eames should be presented to workers in Ethiopic and in kindred fields.