CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | Babylon the Great | [1] |
| II. | Belshazzar the King | [14] |
| III. | The Yoke of the Chaldees | [31] |
| IV. | Ruth | [48] |
| V. | The Temple of Nabu | [60] |
| VI. | The Glory of the Chaldees | [75] |
| VII. | The Spell of the Maskim | [97] |
| VIII. | The Harem of the King | [117] |
| IX. | The King of the Bow | [131] |
| X. | Bel accuses | [154] |
| XI. | Nabu defies the King | [167] |
| XII. | The Wise Gudea prospers | [181] |
| XIII. | Gudea fares on a Journey | [ 196] |
| XIV. | Belshazzar chooses his Path | [212] |
| XV. | Daniel delivers a Message | [229] |
| XVI. | The Procession of Bel | [245] |
| XVII. | Bel totters | [264] |
| XVIII. | Avil-Marduk gives Counsel | [283] |
| XIX. | Cyrus, Father of the People | [297] |
| XX. | Belshazzar’s Guests forsake him | [310] |
| XXI. | Belshazzar pursues in Vain | [325] |
| XXII. | The King and the Father | [342] |
| XXIII. | Belshazzar secures his Prey | [354] |
| XXIV. | The Warning of Jehovah | [370] |
| XXV. | Nabu betrays Bel-Marduk | [387] |
| XXVI. | The Fulfilment of Jehovah | [397] |
| XXVII. | “Bel is dead” | [412] |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
| “The poet sang a marvellous song, full of all the flowery flatteries of the East, praising the princess” ([page 82]) | [Frontispiece] |
| FACING PAGE | |
| “Darius had proved his title, ‘King of the Bow’” | [24] |
| “Isaiah plucked him roughly by the robe. ‘Make your feet wings, or I will aid you’” | [104] |
| “All the Persian’s skill could not save his horse” | [150] |
| “They did not know the lion spirit within the king, that made him as steeled against fear as against mercy” | [272] |
| “The starlight touched something that glittered—a soldier’s helmet” | [318] |
| “‘Here is only the king; within your father waits’” | [348] |
| “They saw terror flash across the king’s face as he looked upward” | [386] |