Download or read book The Romance of the Calendar written by Philip Whitwell Wilson and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of the calendar, from humankind first theories of time, to the Julian calendar, the influence of Islam, to the Gregorian calendar, the Chinese calendar and beyond and including the varying religious and cultural influences that helped shape the various calendars of today.