| | PAGE |
| IN MEMORIAM. | vii |
| A FEW TRIBUTES. | xxxi |
| LIFE IN THE HINDU QUARTER OF CALCUTTA | 1 |
| OUR ZENANA TERRACE | 10 |
| THE HINDU WIDOW AND THE ZENANA | 16 |
| THE SACRED YEAR. | 26 |
| DOL-JATRA | 34 |
| JANMASTAMI: THE DAY OF THE GREAT BIRTH | 40 |
| THE SARASWATI PUJA | 48 |
| THE DURGA PUJA | 57 |
| THE FESTIVAL OF RAS | 64 |
| THE PLAGUE | 70 |
| THE MEDIÆVAL UNIVERSITY OF INDIA | 82 |
| AN OLD COLLEGIATE VILLAGE | 87 |
| THE HOLY CITY | 97 |
| CHITORE | 101 |
| AN INDIAN AMULET | 105 |
| KING PARIKSHIT AND THE FROG MAIDEN | 113 |
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| | PAGE |
| GOPALER-MA: THE MOTHER OF THE CHRIST-CHILD | 124 |
| THE INDIAN ASH, OR TREE OF HEALING | 129 |
| THE DREAD SEVEN | 141 |
| THE KASHMIR SHAWL | 150 |
| THE LAND OF THE WATER-WAYS | 159 |
| THE NORTHERN PILGRIMAGE | 189 |
| THE SHIP OF FLOWERS | 209 |