Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ALTYRE WOODS—BANKS OF THE FINDHORN—CULBYN SANDHILLS—COVESEA
CAVES 52

CHAPTER IV.
GORDONSTOUN—A GLORIOUS PLAYGROUND—THE GREAT PICTURE—THE
DUNGEONS—THE CHARTER-ROOM—OLD LETTERS—ECCLESIASTICAL
CENSURES—SUCCESSIVE LAIRDS—WINDOW-TAX 72

CHAPTER V.
MY ELDEST SISTER’S MARRIAGE—LIFE AT CRESSWELL—SCHOOLDAYS IN
LONDON—FIRST SEA VOYAGES—ROUALEYN’S RETURN FROM SOUTH AFRICA 102

CHAPTER VI.
MY FIRST LONDON SEASON—MY FATHER’S ACCIDENT—BEGINNING OF THE
CRIMEAN WAR—DEATH OF CAPTAIN CRESSWELL—DEATH OF MY FATHER—WE
LEAVE ALTYRE 122

CHAPTER VII.
LIFE IN NORTHUMBERLAND—MY SISTER ELEANORA’S WEDDING—ALNWICK CASTLE
IN 1855 AND 1892—SERIOUS ILLNESS—DEATH OF OSWIN AND SEYMOUR
CRESSWELL 140

CHAPTER VIII.
AT HOME ON SPEYSIDE—THE LAST CALL TO ARMS OF CLAN GRANT—A DOUBLE
FUNERAL—MACDOWAL GRANT OF ARNDILLY—ABERLOUR ORPHANAGE 159

CHAPTER IX.
THE “HOME-GOING” OF THREE BROTHERS 173

CHAPTER X.
MARRIAGES OF MY SISTER EMILIA AND MY BROTHER WILLIAM—WE LEAVE
SPEYSIDE AND SETTLE IN PERTHSHIRE—MY VISITS TO SKYE AND INDIA 191

CHAPTER XI.
RETURN TO ENGLAND—VISIT CORNWALL _EN ROUTE_ TO CEYLON FOR TWO
HAPPY YEARS 205

CHAPTER XII.
START FOR FIJI—LIFE IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND—DEATH OF THE REV.
F. AND MRS. LANGHAM 216

CHAPTER XIII.
CRUISE ON A FRENCH MAN-OF-WAR—TONGAN
ISLES—SAMOA—TAHITI—CALIFORNIA—JAPAN 227

CHAPTER XIV.
JAPANESE BURIAL-GROUNDS—CREMATION IN MANY LANDS—SACRED SCRIPTURE
WHEELS—BUDDHIST ROSARIES 245

CHAPTER XV.
MYTHOLOGICAL PLAYS—JAPANESE THEATRES—THE FORTY-SEVEN RÔNINS—FLOWER
FESTIVALS 270

CHAPTER XVI.
WAYSIDE SHRINES—THE FOX-GOD—OLD DRUGGISTS’ SHOPS—PUNISHING
REFRACTORY IDOLS 288

CHAPTER XVII.
ASCENT OF FUJIYAMA—ITS CRATER—VIEW FROM THE SUMMIT—TRIANGULAR
SHADOW—NUMEROUS VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS 307

CHAPTER XVIII.
THE PEOPLE ENTERTAIN THE MIKADO AND GENERAL ULYSSES GRANT—RETURN
TO SAN FRANCISCO 334

CHAPTER XIX.
IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLES—SPIRITUALISM IN BOSTON—RETURN TO
BRITAIN—INVENTION OF THE SYSTEM OF EASY READING FOR BLIND AND
SIGHTED CHINESE 347