This book contains reminiscences of Rev. James Kennedy, who was a missionary of the London Missionary Society, during his long residence in the North Western regions of India and Kumaon, (present day Uttarakhand). Rev. Kennedy had landed in Calcutta on 19 January 1839, en route to Benares, where he had been appointed o do missionary work. From 1868 to 1877, he was posted in Kumaon, where the Mission did some pioneering work including opening of schools, female education, building a leper's asylum, sanitation work, etc.
The amount of information the book contains, descriptive, social, evangelistic missions and even political aspect, is astounding. The chief value of the book is the picture of missionary labour it presents its trials and difficulties, its results, rewards and prospects. The book also contains some rare illustrations.
• Chapter I Voyage to India and the City of Palaces 1
• Chapter II Voyage to Benares March 1839 9
• Chapter III Arrival at Benares 15
• Chapter IV Missions in Benares from 1816 to 1839 20
• Chapter V 1839 and 1840 First Year in Benares 27
• Chapter VI First Year in Benares 34
• Chapter VII The City of Benares 49
• Chapter VIII Benares as a Mission Sphex 77
• Chapter IX Second Year in Benares 88
• Chapter X The Religions Gatherings of the Hindus
• Chapter XI The Object of Christian Missions 108
• Chapter XII Mission Schools 124
• Chapter XIII Orphanages 135
• Chapter XIV Mission Tours 145
• Chapter XV From 1847 to 1857 168
• Chapter XVI The Mutiny, 1857 and 1858 174
• Chapter XVII The Mutiny 185
• Chapter XVIII Visit to Ceylon 1858 and 1859 205
• Chapter XIX From 1859 to 1868 213
• Chapter XX From 1868 to 1877 Kumaon 232
• Chapter XXI Almora Mission 252
• Chapter XXII - Ranee Khet 260
• Chapter XXIII Habits and Condition of the Hill People 279
• Chapter XXIV The Missionary in India 289
• Chapter XXV The Missionary in India 297
• Chapter XXVI Native Christians 307
• Chapter XXVII Native Christians 315
• Chapter XXVIII The People among whom we labour Mukammadans 329
• Chapter XXIX Hindu 338
• Chapter XXX Europeans in India 357
• Chapter XXXI The Government of India 365
• Statistics 391
