CONTENTS.

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I. A Feudal Castle[9]
II. The Brothers-in-Arms[14]
III. The Heirs of the Especs[21]
IV. St. Louis[28]
V. Taking the Cross[36]
VI. Embarking for the East[41]
VII. The Armed Pilgrims at Cyprus[45]
VIII. Eastward[49]
IX. An Adventure[55]
X. On the Ladder of Life[60]
XI. The Voyage[68]
XII. At Damietta[74]
XIII. Incursions[82]
XIV. A Renegade[88]
XV. Capture of a Caravan[96]
XVI. A Council of War[103]
XVII. Face to Face[109]
XVIII. Delay and Danger[113]
XIX. The Captive[119]
XX. Passing the Achmoun[124]
XXI. The Carnage of Mansourah[128]
XXII. The Battle[136]
XXIII. How Joinville kept the Bridge[142]
XXIV. The First Friday in Lent[150]
XXV. Mortifications and Miseries[158]
XXVI. The Massacre of Minieh[165]
XXVII. Joinville in Peril[173]
XXVIII. News of Disaster[181]
XXIX. A Wounded Pilgrim[185]
XXX. St. Louis in Chains[191]
XXXI. The Tragedy of Pharescour[199]
XXXII. Perils and Suspense[204]
XXXIII. Acre[210]
XXXIV. A Rescue[214]
XXXV. Mission to Bagdad[222]
XXXVI. The Last of the Caliphs[229]
XXXVII. A Recognition[234]
XXXVIII. Woe to the Caliph[240]
XXXIX. In the Lion's Mouth[246]
XL. End of the Armed Pilgrimage[253]
XLI. A Sudden Discovery[260]
XLII. Homeward Bound[266]
XLIII. A Royal Visit[272]
XLIV. The Feast of Kings[279]