The diary of Horace Newton Allen and divided into the following parts:
Part I August 20. 1883-October 25, 1886
Part II September 23. 1887 - November 1, 1888
Part III September 14. 1897 - July 27, 1898
Part IV June 1- November 20, 1903
Approximately the first 2/3 of the book is the Korean translation of the diaries with introduction in Korean, as well as 8 pages of b/w period photographs. The final third is the diary in its original English. The book contains two indices, one for the Korean portion and one for the English.