Tribal divisions; odd remarks; Herod's Castle; Gergerenes and Gadarenes; Dalmantha; Tarichea; Crown of Thorns; painting imprints of a hand on a house wall; Mantidae; Journey, Jerusalem to Nazareth; Carrying burden on the Sabbath; Personal Touch in the Gospels; Earthquakes; Hebrew Festivals; Odd remarks by Dr C. Scimon; The Walk to Olivet, Luke XXIV (50); Maimonides; Coffee; Passover; Article on Samaritan Passover by Hazel C. Ferguson; Jot or Tittle; Feeding of the 4000; Feast of Tabernacles; Plucking ears of corn on Sabbath; Eretz Israel; Sermon by Dr Christie, 10 March 1929 (Mark XI (1); The Boyhood Temptations and Service of Jesus, 23 March 1929; Landmarks; Baksheesh, Rod and Staff; Shepherd's voice; Feast of Pentecost; Nodding and shaking when praying; His summer parlour; Trees walking; Talk by Dr Arch. C. Harte, 19 January 1941; 'Don't Quit' by Most Rev. Richard J. Cushing D.D.; Miscellaneous papers.
The only birds allowable in a sacrifice; Two for one, Five for two (farthings); The Prime Minister among Bible Animals; Oryx; Bread upon the waters; The first King of Israel's tree; What is it?; Meet the Reed family; Snakes; Thorny problems; The shade of time; Forests; Fish and fisermen; Colour; Pharoah's Hen; Monarchs of the Air; Superlative in Contrasts; Bible not a scientific book; Observations; Errors; Paintings; Legendary, biblical, or Holyland plants.
Letter, 3 September 1970, to Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance from Dorothy and Alex Raeside, Crail; letter, 4 March 1965, to Dr H.W. Torrance from Annetta Carter, University of California, Berkely; postcard, Le Cèdre du drapeua. Phototgraphy: Photo Sport, Beyrouth. n.d. Card, Ch234ne d'Abraham, près d'Hebron. Photography: W. Hammer/ Schmidt. n.d.; transparency of Jerusalem artichoke; colour photograph of henna flower; 3 black and white photographs of a fig tree; letter, 21 September 1968, to Dr [H.W.] Torrance from H. Wright Baker, Manchester; letter, 23 June 1971, to Dr [H.W.] Torrance from Petros De Baz, Irbid, Jordan; extract from Jerusalem Post Weekly, 31 August 1970, on Jerusalem, obituary, Professor Walter Lowdermilk. n.d. Letter, 7 December 1975, to Dr H.W. Torrance from Ludwig Mayer, Jerusalem; letter, 19 [April] 1963, to Dr and Mrs H.W. Torrance from D.N. Sade.
Gives account of David and Herbert Torrance's work at Tiberias and of Herbert Torrance's visit to Israel in 1962. [Translated from Hebrew and typed on Dr N. Sadowski's notepaper].
Describes his "Homeward Journey from Palestine" in 1884 via Port Said, Alexandria and Naples; his arrival in Tiberias in 1886 and his travels around Palestine and Jordan. Includes three dried flowers, including a Stern-bergia or Colchicum.
[Church of Scotland Missionary Committee?]. Reports on conditions and work at the newly-founded Church of Scotland Maternity and Gynaecological Hospital at Tiberias.