If the book should in any slight way deepen the pleasant memories of those who have made the trip, or if it should give pleasure to those who must picture those scenes only in their imagination, the author will feel that his effort has not been in vain.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER.PAGE
I. On The Ocean[1]
II. Funchal[10]
III. Gibraltar[24]
IV. Granada and the Alhambra[38]
V. The City of Algiers[60]
VI. The Island of Malta[82]
VII. Athens and the Acropolis[97]
VIII. Constantinople and Santa Sophia[128]
IX. The Selamlik and the Treasury[154]
X. From the Bosporus to Palestine[179]
XI. Jerusalem[199]
XII. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre[227]
XIII. Cairo and the Pyramids[257]
XIV. Luxor and Karnak[296]
XV. On the Nile[327]
XVI. Naples and Pompei[353]
XVII. Nice and Mentone[378]

CHAPTER I.

ON THE OCEAN.

"Have you decided to go?" inquired my friend. Before us on the table lay an illustrated booklet containing the prospectus of a cruise to the Mediterranean. Its contents had been under consideration for some days.

"Yes," I answered, "I will write to-day to secure state room accommodations for our party. Nevertheless I am not quite sure that it is wise to take the trip."

"Why?"