At Haarlem.--Two thousand people executed.--Wonderful organ.--A Dutch wedding.--Amsterdam.--A city on piles.--Formidable army of worms.--One hundred islands and two hundred and eighty bridges.--Palace on piles.--Diamond cutting.--Charitable institutions.--Antwerp.--Notre Dame.--Masterpiece of Rubens.--Royal Palace.--Brussels.--St. Nicholas.--Singular marriage.--Royal Theatre.--National Palace. LETTER III. Paris.--Visit to Versailles.--Bois de Boulogne.--St. Cloud.--Attend the National Assembly.--French glory.--Interview with the President of the French Republic.--Paris _Register_ speaks of the Party. LETTER IV. From Paris to Lyons.--Burgundy and its wines.--Famous towns.--Lyons and its silk industries.--Weaving portraits.--Ampitheatre eighteen hundred years old.--Olive plantations and vineyards.--At Venice.--Genoa.--Statue of Columbus.--The cathedral of St. Lorenzo.--Chain that bound John the Baptist.--Turin.--Milan.--Cathedral of our blessed Lady, the grandest religious edifice in the world.--Attend high mass.--Arrive in Venice, the City of Waters. LETTER V. Rome and its population.--The seven hills.--Excavations by the Government.--The Forum.--Antony and Julius Caesar.--Where Virginius stabbed his daughter.--Famous obelisks.--Temple of Venus.--The Tarpeian Rock.--St. Peter's.--Call on the American minister.--The Vatican.--Michael Angelo.--Paul III.--Appian Way.--Seneca.--Baths.--Footprints of the Savior.--Naples.--Mount Vesuvius. LETTER VI. Naples.--Beggars.--Pompeii.--Earthquakes.--Herculanaeum.--Museum.--"Secret Cabinet."--Ascent of Vesuvius.--Pliny the Elder.--From Naples to Brindisi.--Hardworking women.--Corfu.--Religious service in a Greek cathedral.--Take steamer for Alexandria.--Egypt.--Turkish mosques.--Copts.--Mohammedan schools.--Male and Female attire.--Dervish worship.--Suez.--Red Sea. LETTER VII. Jaffa.--Traveling arrangement.--Place where the Ark was built.--House of Simon the Tanner.--Mohammedan funeral ceremony.--Plains of Sharon.--A night in the desert.--Battlefield of David and Goliath.--Rose of Sharon.--Mount Zion.--Mount of Olives.--Jerusalem.--Rachel's Tomb.--Solomon's Pools.--Church of the Nativity.--Studio of St. Jerome.--Shepherds' field.--Jordan River.--Dead Sea. LETTER VIII. Jordan River.--Sacred localities.--Fountain of Elisha.--Brook Cherith.--Plains of Jericho.--Bethany.--Residence of Mary and Martha.--Tomb of Lazarus.--Garden of Gethsemane.--Hill of evil counsel.--Mizpah.--Valley of Jehoshaphat.--Absalom's Pillar.--Mosque of Omar.--Solomon's Temple.--Mount Moriah.--Worship of Moloch.--Place of Lamentation. LETTER IX. At Athens.--Plains of Attica.--Hill of Mars.--Galilee.--Scriptural reminiscences.--Fountain of Dan.--Cesarea Philippi.--Damascus.--An unfortunate Architect. LETTER X.