fortifications—The rival of Venice—Changes of twenty-five years—From the parapet of the Corso—The lower town—The Genoese palazzi—Monument to Christopher Columbus—The old Dogana—Memorials in the Campo Santo—The Bay of Spezzia—The Isola Palmeria—Harbor scenes.
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| IX. THE TUSCAN COAST, |
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| Shelley’s last months at Lerici—Story of his death—Carrara and its marble quarries—Pisa—Its grand group of ecclesiastical buildings—The cloisters of the Campo Santo—Napoleon’s life on Elba—Origin of the Etruscans—The ruins of Tarquinii—Civita Vecchia, the old port of Rome—Ostia. |
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| X. VENICE, |
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| Its early days—The Grand Canal and its palaces—Piazza of St. Mark—A Venetian funeral—The long line of islands—Venetian glass—Torcello, the ancient Altinum—Its two unique churches. |
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| XI. ALEXANDRIA, |
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| The bleak and barren shores of the Nile Delta—Peculiar shape of the city—Strange and varied picture of Alexandrian street life—The Place Mehemet Ali—Glorious panorama from the Cairo citadel—Pompey’s Pillar—The Battle of the Nile—Discovery of the famous inscribed stone at Rosetta—Port Said and the Suez Canal. |
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| XII. MALTA, |
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| “England’s Eye in the Mediterranean”—Vast systems of fortifications—Sentinels and martial music—The Strada Reale of Valletta—Church of St. John—St. Elmo—The Military Hospital, the “very glory of Malta”—Citta Vecchia—Saint Paul and his voyages. |
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| XIII. SICILY, |
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| Scylla and Charybdis—Messina, the chief commercial center of Sicily—The magnificent ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina—Omnipresence of Mt. Etna—Approach to Syracuse—The famous Latomia del Paradiso—Girgenti, the City of Temples—Railway route to Palermo—Mosaics—Cathedral and Abbey of Monreale—Monte Pellegrino at the hour of sunset. |
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| XIV. NAPLES, |
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| The Bay of Naples—Vesuvius—Characteristic scenes of street life—The al fresco restaurants—Chapel of St. Januarius—Virgil’s Tomb—Capri, the Mecca of artists and lovers of the picturesque—The Emperor Tiberius—Description of the Blue Grotto—The coast-road from Castellamare to Sorrento—Amalfi—Sorrento, “the village of flowers and the flower of villages”—The Temples of Pæstum. |
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| Capri.—The Marina Grande |
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| Gibraltar.—View from the Old Mole |
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| Algiers.—Government Square and the Street, La Marine |
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| Algiers.—Interior of the Governor’s Palace |
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| Malaga.—General View from Castle |
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| Barcelona.—View of Harbor |
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| Marseilles.—Panorama of the Old Port |
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| Nice.—Promenade des Anglais |
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| The Riviera.—San Remo |
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| Genoa.—The Doria Palace—Garden and Doorway |
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| The Tuscan Coast.—Pisa—Cathedral Square and Monuments |
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| Venice.—The Piazza of St. Mark |
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