TO
MY FRIEND AND FELLOW TRAVELLER
A. E. DYSON


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.A PEEP AT THE ISLAND[1]
II.A PEEP AT CORSICAN HISTORY[4]
III.ALERIA AND THEODORE[10]
IV.BONIFACIO[15]
V.CALVI[22]
VI.BASTIA[28]
VII.AJACCIO AND NAPOLEON[33]
VIII.CORTÉ[39]
IX.PAOLI[44]
X.IN BUSH AND FOREST[50]
XI.THE VENDETTA[56]
XII.WHEN THE END COMES[62]
XIII.THE KING OF THE BANDITS[67]
XIV.BY THE ROAD-SIDE[73]
XV.ANIMALS[78]
XVI.CHARACTER[82]
XVII.SOME STORIES AND LEGENDS[86]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

By E. A. NORBURY, R.C.A.

GENERAL VIEW OF AJACCIO[frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
VIEW ON THE EAST COAST[viii]
BAKING OVEN, ALERIA[9]
THE HARBOUR, BONIFACIO[16]
CALVI[25]
OLD HOUSES, BASTIA[32]
CORTÉ: THE CITADEL[41]
HOUSES, AJACCIO[48]
MULES DRAWING TIMBER[57]
ROADSIDE CROSS[64]
A DILIGENCE[73]
WOMEN WASHING LINEN[80]

Sketch-Map of Corsica on [p. vii]