Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
Across the Atlantic.—The Aller.—Small Sleeping Rooms.—A Singular Kitchen.—Last Farewell.—Seasickness.—Children on the Ship.—Four Little Boys.—Fog Horn.—The Lookout.—Icebergs.—A Little Sailor Boy.—Porpoises and Sea Gulls.—Taking on the Pilot.—Lights on the Other Shore.—Landing. 11
Across the Atlantic.—The Aller.—Small Sleeping Rooms.—A Singular Kitchen.—Last Farewell.—Seasickness.—Children on the Ship.—Four Little Boys.—Fog Horn.—The Lookout.—Icebergs.—A...
2. CHAPTER II.Land.—Bremen.—On the Way to Denmark.—Copenhagen.—Religion of Denmark.—Singing.—A Farmhouse.—Malmo.—Market Place in Sweden.—Limhamn.—Fishermen and Boats.—Beautiful Lakes of Swede...
3. CHAPTER III.Norway.—Kong Halfdan.—Fjords.—Hay Transfer.—Government Vessel.—Two Young Girls.—A Glacier.—The Captain’s Kindness.—The Beautiful Picture.—Tromsö.—A Floating Buoy.—Eider Ducks.—L...
4. CHAPTER IV.The Story of a German Boy.—The Priest.—Catholic Woman.—Corps of Singers.—My Singing Lesson.—Funeral Procession.—Children Playing.—Wooden Shoes.—Neatness of the German Children.—...
5. CHAPTER V.6. CHAPTER VI.Venice.—A Gondola.—The Pigeons.—Trieste.—Piræus.—Athens.—Paul and Mars’ Hill.—Sickness.—From Athens to Smyrna.—Man Overboard.—A Lesson of Unselfishness.—Smyrna.—A Cruel Father.—...
7. CHAPTER VII.Jaffa.—The Careless Camel.—Bible Characters who lived in Jaffa.—Jonah’s Temptation.—On the Way to the Holy City.—An Arab and his Plow.—Ramleh.—Lydda in the Distance.—Leprous Peo...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Bethany.—Bethlehem.—Rachel’s Tomb.—The Shepherd Boy.—Ruth and Naomi.—Garden of Gethsemane.—Departure from Jerusalem.—Yosef.—Jericho Road.—Ain-es-Sultan.—Morning Call.—Donkey Boy...
9. CHAPTER IX.10. CHAPTER X.11. CHAPTER XI.Riding into Nazareth.—Virgin’s Fountain.—Tricky Horses.—Cana of Galilee.—Tiberias.—Story of Jesus and his Disciples.—Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee.—Capernaum.—Mounting Horses....
12. CHAPTER XII.Farewell to Damascus.—Ain Fijeh.—Quarrelsome Arabs.—Onward to Baalbek.—A Friendly Arab Family.—On the Mountains of Lebanon.—Baalbek.—Rejected Stone.—From Baalbek to Beyrut.—My H...
13. CHAPTER I._Across the Atlantic.—The Aller.—Small Sleeping Rooms.—A Singular Kitchen.—Last Farewell.—Seasickness.—Children on the Ship.—Four Little Boys.—Fog Horn.—The Lookout.—Icebergs.—A...
14. CHAPTER II._Land.—Bremen.—On the Way to Denmark.—Copenhagen.—Religion of Denmark.—Singing.—A Farmhouse.—Malmo.—Market Place in Sweden.—Limhamn.—Fishermen and Boats.—Beautiful Lakes of Swed...
15. CHAPTER III._Norway.—Kong Halfdan.—Fjords.—Hay Transfer.—Government Vessel.—Two Young Girls.—A Glacier.—The Captain’s Kindness.—The Beautiful Picture.—Tromsö.—A Floating Buoy.—Eider Ducks.—...
16. CHAPTER IV._The Story of a German Boy.—The Priest.—Catholic Woman.—Corps of Singers.—My Singing Lesson.—Funeral Procession.—Children Playing.—Wooden Shoes.—Neatness of the German Children....
17. CHAPTER V.The next point of interest to be visited was London, England; so early one morning we took the train at Cologne, traveled all day, and arrived after dark at Calais, a town of Fr...
18. CHAPTER VI._Venice.—A Gondola.—The Pigeons.—Trieste.—Piræus.—Athens.—Paul and Mars’ Hill.—Sickness.—From Athens to Smyrna.—Man Overboard.—A Lesson of Unselfishness.—Smyrna.—A Cruel Father....
19. CHAPTER VII._Jaffa.—The Careless Camel.—Bible Characters who lived in Jaffa.—Jonah’s Temptation.—On the Way to the Holy City.—An Arab and his Plow.—Ramleh.—Lydda in the Distance.—Leprous Pe...
20. CHAPTER VIII._Bethany.—Bethlehem.—Rachel’s Tomb.—The Shepherd Boy.—Ruth and Naomi.—Garden of Gethsemane.—Departure from Jerusalem.—Yosef.—Jericho Road.—Ain-es-Sultan.—Morning Call.—Donkey Bo...
21. CHAPTER IX.In some towns and villages wood is very scarce and the fuel consists of grass and dried manure. When riding through a village one day we noticed something sticking against the l...
22. CHAPTER X.The country through which we passed was less stony, and the roads were more smooth and level. Horses and riders seemed glad for the change and enjoyed it immensely. Land was und...
23. CHAPTER XI._Riding into Nazareth.—Virgin’s Fountain.—Tricky Horses.—Cana of Galilee.—Tiberias.—Story of Jesus and his Disciples.—Boat Ride on the Sea of Galilee.—Capernaum.—Mounting Horses...
24. CHAPTER XII._Farewell to Damascus.—Ain Fijeh.—Quarrelsome Arabs.—Onward to Baalbek.—A Friendly Arab Family.—On the Mountains of Lebanon.—Baalbek.—Rejected Stone.—From Baalbek to Beyrut.—My...