ANCIENT COAT OF ARMS OF THE MONTEFIORE FAMILY,
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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.PAGE
Sir Moses presented to the Queen on being made a Baronet—Ukase
of the Czar—The affair of Deir-el-Kámár—Sir Moses' Interviews
with Louis-Philippe, M. Guizot, and Lord Normanby—Satisfactory
Measures of the French Government[1]
CHAPTER II.
The Polish and Russian Jews and the Question of Agriculture—The
Jewish Disabilities in Parliament again—The Chartist Riots—Sir
Moses and Lady Montefiore depart for the Holy Land—Absurd
Charge brought against them—Their Return to England[9]
CHAPTER III.
Preparations for the Great Exhibition—Fresh Measures against the
Russian Jews—Complaints from Rome—News from Damascus—Baron
Lionel de Rothschild takes the Oath on the Old Testament—Sir
Moses Interviews Louis Napoleon at the Elysée—The Exhibition[18]
CHAPTER IV.
Visit of the Hereditary Prince of Egypt—Baron Lionel de Rothschild
returned for the City—The North American Relief Society—Sir
Moses on the Distress in Palestine—Serious Illness[26]
CHAPTER V.
A Hospital for Jerusalem—Distribution of Relief in Palestine—Battle
of the Alma—Sir Moses again sets out for the East—He receives
the Order of the Medjidjeh—His Second Interview with the Sultan[35]
CHAPTER VI.
Arrival at Jerusalem—Miss Roger's Description of the Jewish Girls'
School there—Sir Moses purchases a Piece of Land—Oriental
Methods of Bargaining[44]
CHAPTER VII.
Departure from Jerusalem—Arrival in England—Projected Railway
from Jaffa to Jerusalem—Lord Palmerston's Views—The
Firman Hháti-Hoomáyoon—Lord Stratford de Redcliffe[56]
CHAPTER VIII.
Fifth Visit to the Holy Land—Maltese Jews and their Grievances—
Cairo, Jaffa, Lydda, and Geeb—Arrival in Jerusalem—The
Appeal Fund Institutions[63]
CHAPTER IX.
Toussoun Pasha stays on a visit to Sir Moses—Sir Moses re-elected
President of the Board of Deputies—The Indian Mutiny—Monetary
Panic—The Jewish Disabilities at last removed—Sir
Moses presents Toussoun Pasha to the Queen[72]
CHAPTER X.
The Case of the Abduction of Edgar Mortara—Strange Theory about
Baptism—Sir Moses interests Himself in the Matter—Action of
the Evangelical Society—Discouraging Opinions[82]
CHAPTER XI.
Cardinal Antonelli declares the Abduction of the Child Mortara "A
Closed Question"—The Delusion about the Passover Cakes
spreads to Rome—Uneasy Feeling among the Jews in that City—
Shameful Attempts to get up Testimony against Them—Interview
with Cardinal Antonelli—Sir Moses leaves Rome[90]
CHAPTER XII.
Interview with the Duc de Grammont—Another Ukase—Influential
Protest in the Mortara Case—Persecution in Roumania—Attitude
of the French and Turkish Governments towards the Jews[100]
CHAPTER XIII.
The Sultan permits the Building of the Jerusalem Almshouses—Concession
for a Carriage-Road from Jaffa to Jerusalem—Sir Moses
champions the Persecuted Christians of Syria—Punishment of
the Culprits—Disquieting Reports from Damascus[109]
CHAPTER XIV.
Appeal from the Jews of Damascus—Lord John Russell's Action—The
Mortara Case again—Serious Illness of Lady Montefiore[116]
CHAPTER XV.
Affairs in Syria—Lord Palmerston's Advice—Death of the Duchess
of Kent—Acquittal of one of the Accused Jews at Damascus—Favourable
News from Moldavia—Death of the Prince Consort[125]
CHAPTER XVI.
The Jaffa and Jerusalem Railway—Lord Dufferin—Sir Moses and
Lady Montefiore's Golden Wedding—Death of Lady Montefiore[133]
CHAPTER XVII.
Burial of Lady Montefiore—Sir Moses sets out for Jerusalem—
Interview with Sultan Abd-Ool-Azeez—Abandonment of the Journey
to the Holy Land—More Persecutions in Morocco—Sir Moses
proceeds there on a Mission[139]
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Mission to Morocco—Tangier—Liberation of two Prisoners—
Deputation of Moors—Sir Moses successfully Intercedes for
them—Death of Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs. Goldsmid—Oppressive
Regulations respecting the Jews in Morocco—Favourable Edict
of the Sultan[148]
CHAPTER XIX.
Reception of Sir Moses by the Sultan of Morocco—Enthusiastic
Welcome from the Jewish Colony—Home again—Congratulatory
Meeting at the London Tavern[154]
CHAPTER XX.
Sir Moses receives the Thanks of the City of London—The Projected
Survey of Jerusalem—Bad News from Rome, Hamadan, and
Jaffa—Endowment of Judith College Ramsgate—Death of Lord
Palmerston [162]
CHAPTER XXI.
Sixth Journey to the Holy Land—A new Jewish Census—The Plague
of Locusts—Death of Dr. Hodgkin—Arrival in Jerusalem[171]
CHAPTER XXII.
Sir Moses' Narrative continued—The Jerusalem Water Supply—
Scheme for Isolating Lepers—Deputation from Safed—The
Jews and Agriculture—Unfounded Allegations by a pretended
Austrian Consul[176]
CHAPTER XXIII.
Visit to the Mount of Olives—Site of the Holy Temple—Dr Norman
Macleod's Charge—Sir Moses' Inquiries—Dr Macleod's Retractation [181]
CHAPTER XXIV.
Departure from the Holy City—Return to England—Visit to Baron
Brunnow and Lord Clarendon—Frightful Outbreak against the Jews
in Persia—Fresh Complaints from Moldavia[187]
CHAPTER XXV.
Sir Moses accepts a Mission to the Danubian Principalities—Action
of the British, Russian, and Persian Governments—Prince Bismarck's
Opinion—Death of Sir Moses' Brother, Horatio[195]
CHAPTER XXVI.
Result of Appeals to Roumanian Bigotry—Perilous Position of
the Mission—Courageous Conduct of Sir Moses—An Enterprising
Contractor—Satisfactory end of the Mission[203]
CHAPTER XXVII.
Giurgevo—Rustschuk—Sistova—Nicopolis—Buda-Pesth—Return to
England—Addresses of Thanks from Bucharest—Local Honours at Ramsgate[211]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Serious Outbreak against the Jews at Berlad—Sir Moses appeals to the
Moldavian Government—The Reply—Repressive Bill affecting the
Jews—The Galatz Incident—Lord Shaftesbury and Sir Moses—Visit
to the South of France[219]
CHAPTER XXIX.
The Prince of Wales and Sir Moses—Consecration of Judith College—
Napoleon III. a Prisoner of War—Serious Charges against the Jews
of Damascus in the Times Newspaper—Sir Moses' Answer—Death of
Sir Moses' Sister, Mrs Gompertz[227]
CHAPTER XXX.
Famine in Persia—Sir Moses assists in the Work of Relief—
Lord Granville's Aid—The Tabernacle at Ramsgate—Professor
Max Müller—Illness of the Prince of Wales[237]
CHAPTER XXXI.
Petition to the Shah—Outrages in Smyrna—Second Mission to Russia—
Visit to Stockholm—Interview with the Czar Alexander II.[244]
CHAPTER XXXII.
Continuation of Sir Moses' Narrative—Satisfactory Report with
regard to the Condition of the Roumanian Jews—Arrival in
Berlin—Return to England—Visit of the Shah to England[251]
CHAPTER XXXIII.
Address to the Czar on the occasion of the Marriage of the Duke
and Duchess of Edinburgh—The Czar's Reply—Death of Sir
Moses' Sister, Mrs. Cohen—Sir Moses reads his own Obituary—He
resigns his office as President of the Board of Deputies[258]
CHAPTER XXXIV.
Unveiling of the Bust of the Archbishop of Canterbury at St. Peter's
Orphanage—Sir Moses on Jewish Conversion—The Montefiore
Testimonial—Preparing to start once more for the Holy Land[266]
CHAPTER XXXV.
Seventh Voyage to Palestine—Reception at Jaffa—Arrival in Jerusalem[272]
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Welcome to Jerusalem—Satisfactory Report on the Condition of the
Population in the Holy City—Sir Moses' Recommendations
for their welfare[277]
CHAPTER XXXVII.
Congratulations on his Return to England—The Testimonial Fund—
Palestine Colonization Fund—Unveiling the Bust of Mrs. Tait—Bad
News from Eastern Europe—Musurus Pasha's Assurance[284]
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
Accusation against Jews in the Caucasus—Affairs in Syria—Anti-Semitic
Movement in Prussia—Death of Joseph Meyer Montefiore—Assassination
of Alexander II.[290]
CHAPTER XXXIX.
Persecution in Russia—Lord Granville's Speech—Project of Emigration
to America—Death of Dean Stanley and of President
Garfield[297]
CHAPTER XL.
The Reign of Terror in Russia—Indignation Meeting in London—The
Lord Mayor's Fund—The Tisza-Eszlar Trial—Anti-Jewish
Congress at Dresden—A pretended Speech of Sir Moses—Death
of Archbishop Tait[303]
CHAPTER XLI.
Sir Moses Congratulates the Czar Alexander III. on his Coronation—He
appeals to the Hungarian Parliament—Acquittal of the
Accused at Tisza-Eszlar—Rejoicings on Sir Moses completing
his Ninety-ninth Year[311]
CHAPTER XLII.
Presentation of an Address from the City of London—The Chovavey
Zion Society—Progress of the Agricultural Movement[322]
CHAPTER XLIII.
A grand old Centenarian—Public Gatherings in his honour—Ramsgate
illuminated—Sir Moses' Health[328]
CHAPTER XLIV.
Sir Moses' Reply to the Board of Deputies—His failing Strength—First
published Bulletin—Sir Moses' Death[336]
CHAPTER XLV.
Funeral of Sir Moses—A Town in Mourning—Deputation from all
parts—The Funeral Service—Conclusion[345]
Appendix[353]