本书是一部以北京游历为主要题材的回忆录。作者阿奇博尔德·立德夫人以其西方知识女性的独特视角，生动细致地描绘了北京及周围地区的许多名胜古迹、自然风光和风俗民情，同时还以传神的笔触再现了20世纪初发生在北京的许多社会生活场景和历史事件，是一部不可多得的情景交融、文采飞扬的长篇游记作品。

Peking Revisited: Introductory

Chapter I In a Peking Garden

Chapter II How the Court Came back to Peking

Chapter III Official and Rank Distinctions

Chapter IV An Imperial Funeral

Chapter V Pekingese Dogs and Gold and Silver Fish

Chapter VI The Western Hills

Chapter VII Round about Our Garden

Chapter VIII Seaside Resorts

Chapter IX Imperial Hot Springs and the Ming Tombs

Chapter X To Kalgan and the Mongolian Grass Land

Chapter XI Among Peking Palaces

Chapter XII The Hsiling, or Western Tombs

Chapter XIII Lama and Confucian Temples

Chapter XIV On the Drum and Bell Towers

Chapter XV Many Kinds of Temples

Chapter XVI What Ought to Be Done with the Temple Buildings

Chapter XVII An Interlude of Reflections

Chapter XVIII Examination Hall and Observatory, Together with Some Chinese Manners and Customs

Chapter XIX ATale of Two Chinese Students

Chapter XX How Not to Do It in Peking

Chapter XXI Five Nations' Soldiers, as Seen in China

Chapter XXII To Port Arthur