1885
CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I—STEAMER-LIFE ON THE ATLANTIC. ]
[ CHAPTER II—SCENES IN VIENNA—DOWN THE DANUBE. ]
[ CHAPTER III—LIFE AMONG THE MAGYARS. ]
[ CHAPTER IV—NEARING THE ORIENT—“BACKSHEESH!” ]
[ CHAPTER V—THROUGH THE CRIMEA—IN AND AROUND SEVASTOPOL. ]
[ CHAPTER VI—ACROSS THE BLACK SEA. ]
[ CHAPTER VII—CONSTANTINOPLE—THE CITY OF DOGS. ]
[ CHAPTER VIII—TURKISH CURIOSITY SHOPS—SIGHTS AND SCENES IN THE BAZAARS. ]
[ CHAPTER IX—FASTING AND FEASTING—THE SULTAN AND HIS COURT. ]
[ CHAPTER X—THE MOSQUES—FAITH AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE MUSSULMANS. ]
[ CHAPTER XI—WHIRLING AND HOWLING DERVISHES—WHO AND WHAT THEY ARE. ]
[ CHAPTER XII—ON THE BOSPHORUS.—AMONG THE ISLES OF GREECE. ]
[ CHAPTER XIII—SYRA, THE MARBLE ISLAND.—LIFE AT AN ATHENIAN HOTEL. ]
[ CHAPTER XIV—ATHENS ANCIENT AND MODERN—SIGHTS AND SCENES IN THE GRECIAN CAPITAL. ]
[ CHAPTER XV—ROUND ABOUT ATHENS.—THE COUNTRY OF THE BRIGANDS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVI—THE GLORY OF ATHENS.—ITS SIGHTS, SCENES, RUINS, AND RELICS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVII—ADVENTURES IN QUARANTINE.—RHODES AND ITS MARVELS. ]
[ CHAPTER XVIII—SYRIA, THE LAND OF THE SUN.—DRAGOMEN, GUIDES, AND COURIERS. ]
[ CHAPTER XIX—THE GROVES OF LEBANON.—A NIGHT AMONG THE ARABS. ]
[ CHAPTER XX—DAMASCUS—THE GARDEN CITY OF THE EAST. ]
[ CHAPTER XXI—SYRIAN LIFE—DEALERS IN HUMAN FLESH—WE TRY “ZE LUXURIES OF ZE BATH.” ]
[ CHAPTER XXII—TRAVELING IN A CARAVAN—SIGHTS ON THE WAY. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIII—TENT-LIFE AMONG THE BEDOUINS.—THE WARRIORS OF THE DESERT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIV—ADVENTURES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF SYRIA. ]
[ CHAPTER XV—“FROM DAN TO BEERSHEBA.”—JOURNEYING THROUGH THE HOLY LAND. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVI—IN THE HEART OF PALESTINE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVII—THE LAND OF THE PHILISTINES.—SAMARIA AND ITS PEOPLE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXVIII—FROM DAMASCUS TO JAFFA.—INCIDENTS OF THE TRIP. ]
[ CHAPTER XXIX—ENGAGING A DRAGOMAN.—OUR START FOR JERUSALEM. ]
[ CHAPTER XXX—THE LIONS OF JERUSALEM.—THE TEMPLE, THE SEPULCHRE, AND THE HOLY OF HOLIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXI—AMONG THE MONKS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXII—AMONG THE BEDOUINS.—TRAVELLING UNDER ESCORT, AND LIVING IN TENTS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIII—THE HOLY SEPULCHRE, AND SHRINE OF THE CITY OF DAVID ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIV—THE LAND OF PHARAOH.—THROUGH THE EGYPTIAN DESERT. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXV—IN AND AROUND THE CITY OF THE CALIPHS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVI—AN INTERVIEW WITH THE KHEDIVE.—LIFE IN THE CITY OF THE NILE. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVII—STREET-LIFE IN CAIRO. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXVIII—THE BAZAARS OF CAIRO.—EGYPTIAN CURIOSITY SHOPS. ]
[ CHAPTER XXXIX—ADVENTURES WITH A DONKEY.—A DAY AT THE RACES. ]
[ CHAPTER XL—THE PASHA AND THE PRIESTS.—EGYPTIAN LANGUAGE—SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLI—THE GREAT PYRAMIDS.—IN THE KINGS’ BURIAL CHAMBERS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLII—A VOYAGE UP THE NILE.—THE MYSTERIES OF EGYPTIAN ART AND WORSHIP. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIII—LIFE ON THE BANKS OF THE NILE.—COPTS, JUGGLERS, AND THIEVES.—AMUSING EXPERIENCES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIV—ADVENTURES IN UPPER EGYPT.—FUN AND FROLIC WITH THE NATIVES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLV—THE DANCING GIRLS OF KENEH.—THE TREASURES OF DENDERAH. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVI—LUXOR, THE CITY OF GIANTS.—AMONG THE MUMMIES OF ANCIENT THEBES. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVII—A VISIT TO A HAREM IN UPPER EGYPT.—LIFE AMONG THE NUBIANS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLVIII—CAMEL RIDING.—ADVENTURES AMONG THE NUBIANS. ]
[ CHAPTER XLIX—IN THE SLAVE-COUNTRY—SIR SAMUEL W. BAKER’S EXPEDITION. ]
[ CHAPTER L—SUNSET IN THE ORIENT.—VOYAGING DOWN THE NILE. ]
[ CHAPTER LI—THE WEDDING OF THE KHEDIVE’S SON.—ENJOYING A MONARCH’S HOSPITALITY. ]
[ CHAPTER LII—WOMEN AMONG THE MOHAMMEDANS—LIFE IN THE HAREM. ]
[ CHAPTER LIII.—WINTER ON THE NILE—THE KHAMSEEN AND ITS EFFECTS—BEDOUIN LIFE. ]
[ CHAPTER LIV—LAST DAYS IN EGYPT. ]