Vol. VIII
ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE
Part Two
Copyright, 1914, by
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
[Printed in the United States of America]
CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII
Italy, Sicily, and Greece—Part Two
| IV. THREE FAMOUS CITIES | |
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| PAGE | |
| In the Streets of Genoa—By Charles Dickens | [1] |
| Milan Cathedral—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine | [4] |
| Pisa's Four Glories—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine | [7] |
| The Walls and "skyscrapers" of Pisa—By Janet Ross and Nelly Erichson | [11] |
| V. NAPLES AND ITS ENVIRONS | |
| In and About Naples—By Charles Dickens | [18] |
| The Tomb of Virgil—By Augustus J. C. Hare | [24] |
| Two Ascents of Vesuvius—By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | [26] |
| Another Ascent—By Charles Dickens | [31] |
| Castellamare and Sorrento—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine | [37] |
| Capri—By Augustus J. C. Hare | [42] |
| Pompeii—By Percy Bysshe Shelley | [45] |
| VI. OTHER ITALIAN SCENES | |
| Verona—By Charles Dickens | [52] |
| Padua—By Theophile Gautier | [55] |
| Ferrara—By Theophile Gautier | [59] |
| Lake Lugano—By Victor Tissot | [62] |
| Lake Como—By Percy Bysshe Shelley | [64] |
| Bellagio on Lake Como—By W. D. M'Crackan | [66] |
| The Republic of San Marino—By Joseph Addison | [69] |
| Perugia—By Nathaniel Hawthorne | [73] |
| Siena—-By Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Blashfield | [75] |
| The Assissi of St. Francis—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine | [78] |
| Ravenna—By Edward A. Freeman | [80] |
| Benedictine Subiaco—By Augustus J. C. Hare | [83] |
| Etruscan Volterra—By William Cullen Bryant | [86] |
| The Paestum of the Greeks—By Edward A. Freeman | [88] |
| VII. SICILIAN SCENES | |
| Palermo—By Will S. Monroe | [91] |
| Girgenti—By Edward A. Freeman | [93] |
| Segeste—By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | [97] |
| Taormina—By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe | [99] |
| Mount Ætna—By Will S. Monroe | [101] |
| Syracuse—By Rufus B. Richardson | [104] |
| Malta—By Theophile Gautier | [107] |
| VIII. THE MAINLAND OF GREECE | |
| On Arriving in Athens—The Acropolis—By J. P. Mahaffy | [112] |
| A Winter in Athens Half a Century Ago—By Bayard Taylor | [119] |
| The Acropolis As It Was—By Pausanias | [122] |
| The Elgin Marbles—By J. P. Mahaffy | [127] |
| The Theater of Dionysus—By J. P. Mahaffy | [130] |
| Where St. Paul Preached—By J. P. Mahaffy | [134] |
| From Athens To Delphi on Horseback—By Bayard Taylor | [136] |
| Corinth—By J. P. Mahaffy | [140] |
| Olympia—By Philip S. Marden | [143] |
| The Temple of Zeus at Olympia As It Was—By Pausanias | [146] |
| Thermopylæ—By Rufus B. Richardson | [152] |
| Salonica—By Charles Dudley Warner | [155] |
| From the Pierian Plain To Marathon—By Charles Dudley Warner | [157] |
| Sparta and Maina—By Bayard Taylor | [160] |
| Messenia—By Bayard Taylor | [164] |
| Tiryns and Mycenæ—By J. P. Mahaffy | [169] |
| IX. THE GREEK ISLANDS | |
| A Tour of Crete—By Bayard Taylor | [175] |
| The Colossal Ruins at Cnossos—By Philip S. Marden | [179] |
| Corfu—By Edward A. Freeman | [182] |
| Rhodes—By Charles Dudley Warner | [185] |
| Mt. Athos—By Charles Dudley Warner | [189] |