CONTENTS

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FOREWORD ix
Chapter

I. THE RIVER AND THE MINES I

II. THE SANDWICH ISLANDS 9

III. HONOLULU 15

IV. HONOLULU TO SAN FRANCISCO 24
V. A GRIM VOYAGE TO NEW YORK 32

VI. BEGINNING A LITERARY EPOCH 55

VII. ATHENS, CONSTANTINOPLE, EPHESUS 69

VIII. SYRIA AND THE HOLY LAND 83

IX. SUPPLEMENTARY HOLY LAND NOTES 102

X. EGYPT AND HOME in

XL NOTES, SAN FRANCISCO TO NEW YORK 118

XII. A TRIP TO BERMUDA 123

XIII. NOTES, LITERARY AND OTHERWISE 129

XIV. NOTES FOR A NEW BOOK 133
XV. AMERICA AGAIN 158

XVI. MISSISSIPPI RIVER, 1882 161

XVII. NOTES, 1883 167

XVIII. THE GRANT BOOK 174

XIX. TURBULENT YEARS 187

XX. WRITING "THE YANKEE" 195

XXI. EUROPEAN RESIDENCE 215

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