ILLUSTRATIONS FACING PAGE SALADIN, THE VICTORIOUS . . . . Frontispiece A MAP OF THE HOLY LAND IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY . 18 AN ENCOUNTER BETWEEN SARACENS AND CRUSADERS . 44 TABLET COMMEMORATING SALADINO FOUNDATION OF THE CITADEL AT CAIRO 90 THE SULTAN OF EGYPT, AS VIEWED BY THE FRENCH . . 126 A SARACEN ARMY ON THE MARCH AGAINST THE FRANKS . 176 A SARACEN FORTRESS BESET BY CRUSADERS. SALADIN GRANTS AN AUDIENCE TO THE SUPPLIANT QUEEN OF JERUSALEM 200 ACRE SURRENDERS TO RICHARD COEUR-DE-LION . . 240 THE BATTLE OF ARSUF, FOUGHT ON THE EVE OF THE NATIVITY OF THE BLESSED MARY . . . .27 2 SALADIN AND RICHARD. THE LEGENDARY COMBAT BETWEEN THE TWO HEROES OF THE CRUSADES . . 294