CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
The Approach to Naples by the Sea[1]
CHAPTER II
The Ancient Marvels of the Phlegræan Fields[21]
CHAPTER III
The Beauties and Traditions of the Posilipo, with some Observations upon Virgil, the Enchanter[49]
CHAPTER IV
The Riviera di Chiaia, and some Strange Things which occurred there[68]
CHAPTER V
The Enchanted Castle of the Egg, and the Succession of the Kings who held it[85]
CHAPTER VI
The Barbarities of Ferdinand of Aragon, with certain other subjects which present themselves in strolling round the City[101]
CHAPTER VII
Chiefly about Churches—with some Saints, but more Sinners[121]
CHAPTER VIII
A Great Church and two very Noble Tragedies[143]
CHAPTER IX
Vesuvius and the Cities which he has Destroyed—Herculaneum, Pompeii, and Stabiæ[178]
CHAPTER X
Castellammare: its Woods, its Folklore, and the Tale of the Madonna of Pozzano[226]
CHAPTER XI
Surriento Gentile: its Beauties and Beliefs[251]
CHAPTER XII
Capri[273]
CHAPTER XIII
La Riviera d'Amalfi and its Long-dead Greatness[299]
CHAPTER XIV
The Abbey of Trinità della Cava, Salerno, and the Ruined Majesty of Pæstum[327]
Appendix[345]
Index[357]