BY THE IONIAN SEA

NOTES OF A RAMBLE IN SOUTHERN ITALY

BY

GEORGE GISSING

CONTENTS

I [FROM NAPLES.]
II [PAOLA]
III [THE GRAVE OF ALARIC]
IV [TARANTO]
V [DULCE GALAESI FLUMEN]
VI [THE TABLE OF THE PALADINS]
VII [COTRONE]
VIII [FACES BY THE WAY]
IX [MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR]
X [CHILDREN OF THE SOIL]
XI [THE MOUNT OF REFUGE]
XII [CATANZARO]
XIII [THE BREEZY HEIGHT]
XIV [SQUILLACE]
XV [MISERIA]
XVI [CASSIODORUS]
XVII [THE GROTTA]
XVIII [REGGIO]

CHAPTER I

FROM NAPLES

This is the third day of sirocco, heavy-clouded, sunless. All the colour has gone out of Naples; the streets are dusty and stifling. I long for the mountains and the sea.