Contents

[INTRODUCTION]
[I. MY VISITOR]
[II. THE YEARS ROLL BY]
[III. THE SHERD OF AMENARTAS]
[IV. THE SQUALL]
[V. THE HEAD OF THE ETHIOPIAN]
[VI. AN EARLY CHRISTIAN CEREMONY]
[VII. USTANE SINGS]
[VIII. THE FEAST, AND AFTER!]
[IX. A LITTLE FOOT]
[X. SPECULATIONS]
[XI. THE PLAIN OF KÔR]
[XII. “SHE”]
[XIII. AYESHA UNVEILS]
[XIV. A SOUL IN HELL]
[XV. AYESHA GIVES JUDGMENT]
[XVI. THE TOMBS OF KÔR]
[XVII. THE BALANCE TURNS]
[XVIII. “GO, WOMAN!”]
[XIX. “GIVE ME A BLACK GOAT!”]
[XX. TRIUMPH]
[XXI. THE DEAD AND LIVING MEET]
[XXII. JOB HAS A PRESENTIMENT]
[XXIII. THE TEMPLE OF TRUTH]
[XXIV. WALKING THE PLANK]
[XXV. THE SPIRIT OF LIFE]
[XXVI. WHAT WE SAW]
[XXVII. WE LEAP]
[XXVIII. OVER THE MOUNTAIN]

I inscribe this history to
ANDREW LANG
in token of personal regard
and of
my sincere admiration
for his learning and his works