Scope and Contents Flyleaf inscribed 'Diary of Margaret Smith, British Syrian Mission, Damascus April 1911'. Written chiefly in Beyrout, where M S continues to teach in a girls' school and also undertakes hospital visiting, the daily round continuing as in Volume 7. 17 November: M S notes that she has given her first Bible lesson in Arabic; by early 1912 she is teaching other lessons in Arabic as well as Bible lessons. M S does not comment frequently on external events, but notes on 24 February 1912: 'This...