An internal title reads 'The Romance of Excavation Part II [Chronicling] vain endeavours to find The Palace of Achilles, and the painted pottery of the Ancient Aeolians near Arne, with notes on local traditions concerning the Grave of Hellen'.

An internal title reads 'The Romance of Excavation or A Summary Account of Certain Unfruitful Endeavours to find the site of the city of ITONOS or failing that the rich prehistoric city of Phthiotis, all these trails being endured in the company of J. P. Droop Esquire of London and of M. S. Thompson Esquire Editor of the Oxford and Cambridge Review'.