S. G. Bayne

A FANTASY OF
MEDITERRANEAN TRAVEL

BY

S. G. BAYNE

AUTHOR OF
"QUICKSTEPS THROUGH SCANDINAVIA"
"ON AN IRISH JAUNTING-CAR" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
MCMIX

Copyright, 1909, by HARPER & BROTHERS.
All rights reserved.
Published October, 1909.

PLACES VISITED ON THIS CRUISE

AND DESCRIBED

WITH PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

MADEIRA
SPAIN
CADIZ
SEVILLE
ALHAMBRA
ALGIERS
MALTA
GREECE
TURKEY
CONSTANTINOPLE
ASIA MINOR
SMYRNA
HOLY LAND
JERUSALEM
RIVER JORDAN
JERICHO
DEAD SEA
EGYPT
CAIRO
THE NILE
MESSINA
NAPLES
POMPEII
ROME
VILLEFRANCHE
NICE
MONTE CARLO
ENGLAND

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece

FUNCHAL, THE LONG BRANCH OF MADEIRA; NICE BALMY PLACE FOR A REST AFTER A PANIC. STEAMER LEAVES LONDON TWICE A WEEK. HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS BY CABLE

THE PARTHENON, ATHENS, GREECE—THE MOST IMPRESSIVE RUIN IN EXISTENCE

THE HISTORICAL PART OF ATHENS, GREECE—PANORAMA OF THE GREAT RUINED GROUPS

CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE GOLDEN HORN CROSSED BY THE GALATA BRIDGE, WITH STAMBOUL IN THE FOREGROUND. THE YOUNG TURKS PRESENTED THIS AS THE FIRST SNAP OF THEIR OFFICIAL CAMERA. LATER THEY "DEDICATED" THE BRIDGE BY HANGING THE FIRST BATCH OF MURDERERS ON IT