columns, mosques, and arches are much sought for by the general reader; and, therefore, I have not indulged in such descriptions. I have presented matters in a plain, candid way, that were to me overwhelmingly interesting; and I entertain the belief that sensible people will not be wholly disappointed in the perusal of this volume.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

THE VOYAGE. -SEA-SICKNESS.—WHITE GULLS. AN ICEBERG. -

FASTENET LIGHT. — A HOLIDAY. - LIVERPOOL.

COUNTRY. LEAMINGTON

CHARMING

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THE IMPERIAL CITY. - ITS FOUNDER. ITS SEVEN HILLS.-ITS

MARVELOUS

RUINS.

THE NERO

CONFLAGRATION. - THE

APPIAN WAY. THE TARPEIAN ROCK. OUR AMBASSADOR. —

THE TIBER. — ST. PETER'S. THE VATICAN

CHAPTER IV.

-

SAUL OF TARSUS. -HIS LEARNING. -PERSONAL APPEARANCE.

ARRESTED AT JERUSALEM. CARRIED BEFORE FELIX AND

FESTUS. APPEALS TO CÆSAR. SAILS FOR ROME.- INCIDENTS

OF THE VOYAGE. — LANDS IN ITALY.-IS MET AT APPII FORUM

AND THE THREE TAVERNS.- - ACQUITTED. -TRIED AGAIN, AND

CONDEMNED. SUFFERS MARTYRDOM

CHAPTER V.

JOURNEY TO NAPLES. -THE APENNINES. A SUNDOG. -LIGHT

FLASHES ON THE WINDOW. THE ASCENT OF VESUVIUS. -

SWARMS OF BEGGARS. -MUSIC OF THE GUITAR. MOUNTAIN

RAILWAY. PROFESSIONAL GUIDES. - SMOKE AND VAPOR.

ON THE SUMMIT. LURID FLAMES.-RED-HOT LAVA. — THE

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MOUNTAIN TREMBLES.

TIONS.

CITY OF NAPLES. - TO

EXHILARATING VIEWS.

BRINDISI.-ON THE MEDITERRANEAN. THE AFRICAN SHORE .

CHAPTER VI.

IN THE ORIENT. ALEXANDRIA. - ST. MARK.- POPULATION OF

EGYPT. THE RIVER NILE. THE LAND OF GOSHEN. CATCH-

ING FISH.-THE DELTA. WORKING-TEAMS. — SQUALID VIL-

LAGES. EGYPTIAN CEMETERIES. -IRRIGATION. NO FORESTS.

-THE CITY OF CAIRO.

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CHAPTER VII.

THE GREAT PYRAMIDS. wwwxxxxxxx - AN INSIDE

EXPLORATION.

MIRACULOUS. — A PRETTY LEGEND. - MOSES IN

RUSHES. ANCIENT MEMPHIS. THE RUINS OF

NOTHING

THE BUL-

HELIOPOLIS.

- ZAZAZIG IN GOSHEN. THE SOLEMN DESERT.-SUEZ CANAL.

-PORT SAID. A GERMAN BAND. LETTERS FROM HOME.—

THE ASIATIC COAST.

CHAPTER VIII.

IN PALESTINE. -OUR GUIDE AND CAMP.― DESCRIPTION OF JAFFA.

-THE TANNER'S HOUSE. —' TABITHA'S FEAST. THE ADAMS

COLONY. ON THE JERUSALEM ROAD. — THE PLAIN OF SHARON.

-TOWER OF RAMLEH. TENT-LIFE. ANCIENT LYDDA. - ST.

HILLS. A

-

PETER. THE BAZAAR. - JUDEAN

STORM

·JOSHUA.—“SUN, STAND THOU STILL."

MIZPEH. SAMUEL. — GIBEAH OF SAUL. - THE

CITY OF NOB.— SCOPUS HILL. FIRST SIGHT OF JERUSALEM

CHAPTER X.

ENTRY OF JERUSALEM.—ZION'S HILL.-MOUNT MORIAH. — SOLO-

MON'S TEMPLE. THE TEMPLE AREA.

-

MOSQUE OF OMAR.-

MOHAMMEDANISM.

CPAPTER XI.

CHURCH OF THE HOLY SEPULCHER. THE VIA DOLOROSA. THE

SITE OF CALVARY.-WAILING-PLACE OF THE JEWS.—THE POOL

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CONTENTS.

OF BETHESDA. TOWER OF HIPPICUS. URIAH'S WIFE.

STREETS, HOUSES, MARKETS. OUR CONSUL. - OLIVET

CHAPTER XII.

THE ASCENT OF OLIVET. — VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT.-GRINDING

AT THE MILL.—GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. TOMBS OF KINGS,

JUDGES, AND PROPHETS. -THE RUSSIAN HOSPICE. VILLAGE

OF SILOA. — FOUNTAIN OF THE VIRGIN. — POOL OF SILOAM.

TOPHET. THE FIELD OF BLOOD

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CHAPTER XIII.

THE TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.- RIDING ON THE COLT.- PALM-BRANCHES.

66 HOSANNA TO THE SON OF DAVID."— LAST VISIT TO THE TEM-

PLE. ITS DESTRUCTION FORETOLD. -"THIS GENERATION

SHALL SEE IT."—"WHAT SHALL BE THE SIGN?"-
-THE FEAST

OF THE PASSOVER. INTO THE MOUNT OF OLIVES. THE

BETRAYAL. VOICE OF THE MANIAC. SIEGE OF TITUS

CHAPTER XIV.

A TURKISH REGIMENT.-STREET WRANGLE. A CITY PICNIC.-

JOURNEYING SOUTH. THE PLAIN OF REPHAIM. - OF THE

FLIGHT OF ELIJAH. — THE

-

-BETHLEHEM. -CON-

HOUSE AND LINEAGE OF DAVID.

TOMB OF RACHEL. JACOB'S STORY.

VENT OF THE NATIVITY. - MIGHTY MAN OF WEALTH.- RUTH

AND NAOMI. THE MARRIAGE-SONG

CHAPTER XV.

-

ABRA-

SOLOMON'S POOLS. A DESOLATE COUNTRY. -HEBRON.

HAM'S OAK. BIOGRAPHY OF THE PATRIARCH. STRIFE BE-

TWEEN HERDSMEN.-FOUR KINGS AGAINST FIVE. CAVE OF

MACHPELAH.—TOURISTS ROBBED. — THE SHEPHERDS ARE SING-

ING. -GATHERING BRUSH-WOOD.

CHAPTER XVI.

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DOWN TO THE JORDAN. ― BETHANY. — WILDERNESS OF JUDÆA.

FELL AMONG THIEVES. -THE PROPHET FED BY RAVENS. — SITE

OF JERICHO.- ELISHA'S FOUNTAIN. THE DEAD SEA. RAP-

FORDS OF THE JORDAN. ANCIENT

GILGAL. A WHITE CLOUD ON THE HORIZON

TUROUS SWIMMING.

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