| | PAGE |
| Introduction | vii |
| A Visit to Ephesus | 1 |
| The Ruins of Athlit | 6 |
| A Jewish Colony in its Infancy | 11 |
| The Temple Society | 17 |
| The Temple Colonies in Palestine | 22 |
| Exploring Mount Carmel | 27 |
| The Valley of the Martyrs | 33 |
| The Rock-hewn Cemetery of Sheik Abreik | 38 |
| Easter among the Melchites | 43 |
| The Jewish Question in Palestine | 48 |
| “Holy Places” in Galilee | 53 |
| Progress in Palestine | 59 |
| The First Palestine Railway | 63 |
| Safed | 68 |
| Meiron | 72 |
| The Feast of St. Elias | 77 |
| A Summer Camp on Carmel | 82 |
| The Druses of Mount Carmel | 87 |
| Exploration on Carmel | 93 |
| A Place Famous in History | 98 |
| The Babs and their Prophet | 103 |
| An Ancient Jewish Community | 108 |
| Domestic Life among the Syrians | 114 |
| Fishing on Lake Tiberias | 119 |
| A Visit to the Sulphur Springs of Amatha | 125 |
| Exploration of the Valley of the Yarmuk | 130 |
| Exploration on the Yarmuk | 135 |
| A Druse Religious Festival | 139 |
| The Great Festival of the Druses | 145 |
| Hattin and Irbid | 152 |
| The Jewish Feast of the Burning at Tiberias | 157 |
| House-building on Carmel | 162 |
| Domestic Life Among the Druses | 168 |
| Circassian Highwaymen.—A Druse Festival at Elijah's Altar | 173 |
| Armageddon.—The Bosnian Colony at Cæsarea | 178 |
| Cæsarea | 186 |
| Village Feuds | 192 |
| The Aristocracy of Mount Carmel | 198 |
| The Jordan Valley Canal | 204 |
| Local Politics and Progress | 208 |
| The Identification of Ancient Sites | 213 |
| The Sea of Galilee in the Time of Christ | 218 |
| The Scene of the Miracle of the Five Loaves and Two Small Fishes | 223 |
| Capernaum and Chorazin | 228 |
| Discovery of an Ancient Synagogue | 233 |
| Characteristics of the Ruins of Synagogues | 239 |
| A Night Adventure Near the Lake of Tiberias | 244 |
| Khisfin | 250 |
| Further Exploration and Discovery | 256 |
| The Place where the Saviour Sent the Evil Spirits into the Herd of Swine | 262 |
| The Rock Tombs of Palestine | 268 |
| General Gordon's Last Visit to Haifa | 274 |
| The Convent of Carmel versus The Town of Haifa | 281 |
| Progress even in Palestine | 285 |
| The Recent Discovery of Gezer | 290 |
| Traditional Sites at Jerusalem | 296 |
| Traditional Sites at Jerusalem.—Continued | 303 |
| Progress in Jerusalem | 309 |
| The Three Jerichos | 319 |
| Modern Life in Palestine | 325 |
| Rambles in Palestine | 332 |
| Explorations in Palestine | 339 |
| Sacred Samaritan Records | 345 |
| The Ten Lost Tribes | 352 |
| Researches in Samaria | 358 |
| A Druse Father's Vengeance | 364 |
