CONTENTS.

[CHAPTER I.]From Bombay to Suez.—The Red Sea, Mecca, and Mount Sinai.
[CHAPTER II.]Suez.—Where the Israelites Crossed the Red Sea.—The Suez Canal.
[CHAPTER III.]From Suez to Cairo.—Through the Land of Goshen.
[CHAPTER IV.]Street Scenes in Cairo.
[CHAPTER V.]A Ramble Through the Bazaars of Cairo.
[CHAPTER VI.]Mosques, Dervishes, and Schools.—Education in Egypt.
[CHAPTER VII.]The Citadel.—The Tombs of the Caliphs.—The Nilometer.—The Rosetta Stone.
[CHAPTER VIII.]Wonders of the Egyptian Museum of Antiquities.
[CHAPTER IX.]The Pyramids of Gizeh and Sakkara.—Memphis and the Apis Mausoleum.
[CHAPTER X.]An Oriental Bath.—Egyptian Weddings and Funerals.
[CHAPTER XI.]Ascending the Nile.—Sights and Scenes on the River.
[CHAPTER XII.]Sugar Plantations and Mills.—Snake-charmers.—Sights at Beni-Hassan.
[CHAPTER XIII.]Sioot, the Ancient Lycopolis.—Scenes on the River.
[CHAPTER XIV.]Girgeh and Keneh.—The Temples of Abydus and Denderah.—An Egyptian Dance.
[CHAPTER XV.]Arrival at Luxor.—The Great Temple of Karnak.
[CHAPTER XVI.]The Rameseum, Medinet Aboo, and the Vocal Memnon.
[CHAPTER XVII.]The Tombs of the Kings.—Recent Discoveries of Royal Mummies.
[CHAPTER XVIII.]Harem Life in the East.—From Luxor to Assouan.
[CHAPTER XIX.]A Camel Journey.—The Island of Philæ, and the First Cataract of the Nile.
[CHAPTER XX.]From Assouan to Alexandria.—Farewell to Egypt.
[CHAPTER XXI.]Voyage from Egypt to Palestine.—Journey from Jaffa to Ramleh.
[CHAPTER XXII.]From Ramleh to Jerusalem.—The Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
[CHAPTER XXIII.]In and Around Jerusalem.
[CHAPTER XXIV.]From Jerusalem to Bethlehem.—Church and Grotto of the Nativity.
[CHAPTER XXV.]From Bethlehem to Mar Saba and the Dead Sea.
[CHAPTER XXVI.]From the Dead Sea to the Jordan, Jericho, and Jerusalem.—The Valley of the Jordan.
[CHAPTER XXVII.]From Jerusalem to Nabulus.—Historic Places on the Route.
[CHAPTER XXVIII.]From Nabulus to Nazareth, Samaria, Jenin, and the Plain of Esdraelon.
[CHAPTER XXIX.]Ascent of Mount Tabor.—Around and on the Sea of Galilee.
[CHAPTER XXX.]From Galilee to Damascus.—A Ride Through Dan and Banias.
[CHAPTER XXXI.]Sights and Scenes in Damascus.
[CHAPTER XXXII.]Damascus to Beyroot.—The Ruins of Baalbec.—Farewell.