In his final retreat he has collected these memorials. He has concealed nothing; he has dissembled nothing; the picture of his hopes and fears, his weaknesses and his sorrows, is stamped here with sacred sincerity.
Other narratives may be more specious or eloquent, but this narrative has the supreme merit of reality. It may be doubted; it may even be denied. But this he must endure. He has been long trained to the severity of the world!
The Author.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
| Introductory Letter from General Lewis Wallace, | [v] | |
| Introduction, | [ix] | |
| Author’s Preface, | [xxxi] | |
| [BOOK I] | ||
| CHAPTER | ||
| I.— | Salathiel Doomed to Immortality, | [3] |
| II.— | An Awakening and a Summons, | [10] |
| III.— | Salathiel’s Resolution in the Temple, | [15] |
| IV.— | Salathiel Journeys Far from Jerusalem, | [22] |
| V.— | Eleazar Learns of Salathiel’s Renunciation, | [28] |
| VI.— | Salathiel and His People, | [35] |
| VII.— | The Loss of a Life, | [41] |
| VIII.— | Salathiel Confronts the Shade of Antiochus, | [47] |
| IX.— | The Romans Driven from the Holy City, | [56] |
| X.— | The Fall of Onias, | [62] |
| XI.— | The Strength of Judea, | [69] |
| XII.— | The Prince of Naphtali Confronts Desolation, | [78] |
| XIII.— | The Wandering of a Mind Diseased, | [84] |
| XIV.— | The Fury of a Tempest, | [92] |
| XV.— | The Appeal of Miriam, | [101] |
| XVI.— | The Heart of Salome, | [112] |
| XVII.— | A Declaration of Love, | [121] |
| XVIII.— | Salathiel Faces a Roman, | [132] |
| XIX.— | On Board a Trireme, | [138] |
| XX.— | The Burning of Rome, | [145] |
| XXI.— | The Death of a Martyr, | [157] |
| [BOOK II] | ||
| XXII.— | The Year of Jubilee, | [173] |
| XXIII.— | Preparing for an Attack, | [181] |
| XXIV.— | The Departure of Constantius, | [189] |
| XXV.— | Salathiel in Strange Company, | [197] |
| XXVI.— | In the Lions’ Lair, | [205] |
| XXVII.— | The Escape of Salathiel the Magician, | [215] |
| XXVIII.— | The Power of a Beggar, | [221] |
| XXIX.— | Prisoners in a Labyrinth, | [232] |
| XXX.— | The Revenge of a Victor, | [242] |
| XXXI.— | The Difficulties of a Leader, | [251] |
| XXXII.— | “Never Shalt Thou Enter Jerusalem,” | [258] |
| XXXIII.— | Jubal’s Warning, | [265] |
| XXXIV.— | The Pursuit of an Enemy, | [272] |
| XXXV.— | The Lapse of Years, | [276] |
| XXXVI.— | Death in a Cavern, | [284] |
| XXXVII.— | A Pirate Band, | [291] |
| XXXVIII.— | Salathiel and the Pirate Captain, | [300] |
| XXXIX.— | A Sea Fight, | [310] |
| XL.— | A Burning Trireme, | [317] |
| XLI.— | The Granddaughter of Ananus, | [323] |
| [BOOK III] | ||
| XLII.— | Naomi’s Story, | [333] |
| XLIII.— | Before Masada, | [339] |
| XLIV.— | Among Roman Soldiers, | [346] |
| XLV.— | The Reign of the Sword, | [353] |
| XLVI.— | A Cry of Wo, | [358] |
| XLVII.— | The Struggle for Supremacy, | [362] |
| XLVIII.— | The Sting of a Story, | [372] |
| XLIX.— | Salathiel’s Strange Quarters, | [377] |
| L.— | After the Struggle, | [383] |
| LI.— | A Man of Mystery, | [389] |
| LII.— | The Prophecy of Evil, | [396] |
| LIII.— | A Fatal Sign, | [401] |
| LIV.— | Concerning Septimius, | [411] |
| LV.— | Salathiel a Prisoner, | [417] |
| LVI.— | A Narrow Escape, | [425] |
| LVII.— | Onias, the Enemy of Salathiel, | [435] |
| LVIII.— | Eleazar the Convert, | [445] |
| LIX.— | The Clemency of Titus, | [455] |
| LX.— | The Treatment of a Prisoner, | [466] |
| LXI.— | A Steward’s Narrative, | [474] |
| LXII.— | A Prisoner in the Tower, | [487] |
| LXIII.— | A Minstrel’s Power of Speech, | [496] |
| LXIV.— | The Destruction of Jerusalem, | [512] |
| [APPENDIX] | ||
| Annotations, | [537] | |
| Jesus of Nazareth from the Present Jewish Point of View—Letters from over Thirty Representative Jewish Scholars, | [551] | |
| Other Testimony to Jesus, | [570] | |
| The Second Coming of Christ—A Succinct History, by D. S. Gregory, D.D., LL.D., | [574] | |
| Reasons for the Belief that Christ may Come Within the Next Twenty Years, by Arthur T. Pierson, D.D., | [582] | |