Lees published parts of this book in the magazines The Boy's Own Paper, Travel, and in the journal of the Royal Geographic Society. Lees also analyzes some of the places he visited with respect to scripture.
The Book and the Land by Robert William Van Schoick, first published in 1904, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world.
At the core of this book is the description of the discovery of two agricultural settlements and the finds unearthed there, which illuminate Jewish rural life during the Second Temple period.