# The city of Jerusalem Author: Conder, C. R. (Claude Reignier), 1848-1910 Genre: Category: History - Other Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70537 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+city+of+Jerusalem+Conder&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary I first set eyes on Jerusalem one summer morning in 1872. The view--a mile away--of the long grey wall, the cypress trees of the Armenian garden, and the single minaret at the west gate, was not then obstructed by the row of Jewish cottages since built. The population was only about a third of what it now is. The railway station was not thought of, and only a few villas outside the gate existed, while the suburbs to north and south had not grown up, and Olivet was not covered with modern buildings. I passed two winters (1873–5) in the city, the second in a house in the Jews’ quarter, and later on (1881–2) a third winter at the hotel; and during these visits my time was mainly occupied in... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-city-of-jerusalem-70537/chapters/4/index.md)