THE GREATEST
WONDERS
OF THE
WORLD

MER DE GLACE, MONT BLANC. Frontispiece.

GREATEST
WONDERS
of the WORLD

AS SEEN AND DESCRIBED
BY FAMOUS WRITERS

EDITED AND TRANSLATED

By ESTHER SINGLETON

AUTHOR OF

“TURRETS, TOWERS AND TEMPLES,” “GREAT PICTURES,”
“PARIS,” AND “A GUIDE TO THE OPERA,” AND TRANSLATOR
OF THE MUSIC DRAMAS OF RICHARD WAGNER