Copyright, 1895, by Harper & Brothers.
All rights reserved.

PUBLISHERS' NOTE.

The substance of this collection of Miss Woolson's sketches of travel in the Mediterranean originally appeared in Harper's Magazine. "At Mentone" was published in that periodical in 1884; "Cairo in 1890," and "Corfu and the Ionian Sea," appeared in 1891 and 1892. As presented in this volume, the two sketches last mentioned contain much interesting material not included in their original form as magazine articles.

CONTENTS

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[AT MENTONE][3]
[CAIRO IN 1890][149]
[CORFU AND THE IONIAN SEA] [283]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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STREET IN THE NEW QUARTER OF CAIRO[Frontispiece]
AT MENTONE[5]
THE OLD TOWN[9]
A STREET IN THE OLD TOWN[13]
RUE LONGUE BLOCKADED BY AN ARTIST[19]
THE CORNICE ROAD, MENTONE[23]
"TO ITALY"—PONT ST. LOUIS[27]
THE PALMS OF BORDIGHERA[31]
THE BONE CAVERNS[37]
THE PROFESSOR DISCOURSES[43]
THE WASHER-WOMEN[49]
OIL MILL[55]
A MEDITERRANEAN BOAT[60]
BRINGING LEMONS FROM THE TERRACE[63]
ON THE WAY TO L'ANNUNZIATA[69]
THE MONASTERY OF L'ANNUNZIATA[74]
CAPUCHIN MONKS[77]
MONACO[83]
STREET IN ROCCABRUNA[91]
THE KING OF THE OLIVES[97]
FEUDAL TOWER NEAR VENTIMIGLIA[102]
DOLCE ACQUA[107]
PIFFERARI[113]
MONACO—THE PALACE AND PORT[117]
ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE, MONACO[121]
THE SALLE GRIMALDI, IN THE PALACE, MONACO[126]
THE RIDE TO SANT' AGNESE[129]
VIEW FROM SANT' AGNESE[134]
FÊTE, VILLAGE OF SANT' AGNESE[137]
VESTIGES OF ROMAN MONUMENTS[140]
THE STATUE IN THE CEMETERY[143]
CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA[149]
THE NILE BRIDGE, CAIRO[154]
BEFORE THE LITTLE MOSQUE[158]
TOMB-MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY[161]
A SELLER OF WATER-JUGS, CAIRO[167]
STATUE OF PRINCE RAHOTEP'S WIFE[172]
THE WOODEN MAN[175]
AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN[181]
THE NILE—COMING DOWN TO GET WATER[187]
THE DOCK AT OLD CAIRO[191]
MOUCHRABIYEHS IN THE OLD QUARTER[195]
INTERIOR COURT OF A NATIVE HOUSE, CAIRO[199]
A DONKEY RIDE[205]
AN ARAB CAFÉ[209]
HEAD-PIECE[212]
PORCH OF EL AZHAR[215]
STUDENTS IN THE OUTER COURT, EL AZHAR[221]
BEFORE THE SACRED NICHE[227]
OUTER ENTRANCE OF THE CITADEL, CAIRO[233]
A MECCA DOOR[237]
THE ROAD TO CHOUBRA[239]
GARDEN-HOUSE AT CHOUBRA, SHOWING PART OF THE LAKE NEAR
CAIRO[243]
THE KHEDIVE[247]
CHIEF WIFE OF EX-KHEDIVE ISMAIL, WITH HER PRIVATE BAND[251]
AN EGYPTIAN DANCING-GIRL[259]
THE INUNDATION NEAR CAIRO[267]
A MOHAMMEDAN CEMETERY, CAIRO[273]
SOUVENIRS OF CAIRO[279]
HEAD-PIECE[283]
PART OF THE TOWN OF CORFU[287]
THE PALACE[293]
UNIVERSITY OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS[294]
SMALL TEMPLE, MEMORIAL TO SIR THOMAS MAITLAND[296]
STATUE OF CAPO D'ISTRIA[299]
THE TOMB OF MENEKRATES[305]
THE ISLET CALLED "THE SHIP OF ULYSSES"[311]
VILLAGE OF PELLEKA[315]
KING GEORGE OF GREECE[319]
QUEEN OLGA OF GREECE[323]
"MON REPOS," SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE KING OF GREECE[327]
IN THE GROUNDS OF THE NEW VILLA OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA[331]
ALBANIAN MALE COSTUME[335]
ALBANIAN FEMALE COSTUME[339]
GALA COSTUME, CORFU[343]
OLIVE GROVE, CORFU[351]

AT MENTONE