CONTENTS

CHAP.PAGE
I.A NEW ORDER OF THINGS[1]
II.ANTIOCHUS[19]
III.MENELAÜS[37]
IV.AT ANTIOCH[49]
V.THE WRATH TO COME[68]
VI.THE EVIL DAYS[79]
VII.THE DARKNESS THICKENS[90]
VIII.SHALLUM THE WINE-SELLER[101]
IX.THE PERSECUTION[113]
X.IN THE MOUNTAINS[124]
XI.NEWS BAD AND GOOD[135]
XII.THE PATRIOT ARMY[148]
XIII.GUERILLA WARFARE IN THE MOUNTAINS[159]
XIV.THE BURIAL OF MATTATHIAS[171]
XV.THE SWORD OF APOLLONIUS[184]
XVI.NEWS FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD[193]
XVII.THE BATTLE OF EMMAUS[208]
XVIII.THE BATTLE OF BETH-ZUR[225]
XIX.IN JERUSALEM[235]
XX.THE CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE[242]
XXI.THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE[254]
XXII.WARS AND RUMOURS OF WARS[263]
XXIII.MORE VICTORIES[274]
XXIV.THE SABBATICAL YEAR[284]
XXV.REVERSES[294]
XXVI.LIGHT OUT OF DARKNESS[304]
XXVII.A PEACEFUL INTERVAL[314]
XXVIII.HOPES AND FEARS[323]
XXIX.CIVIL WAR[331]
XXX.NICANOR[339]
XXXI.THE FALLING AWAY[352]
XXXII.THE LAST BATTLE[362]
XXXIII.THE HOPE OF ISRAEL[368]