Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8

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Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 by Francis W. Halsey.

Contents

• SEEING EUROPE6
• WITH FAMOUS AUTHORS7
• SELECTED AND EDITED WITH INTRODUCTIONS, ETC. BY8
• FRANCIS W. HALSEY9
• IN TEN VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED9
• Vol. VIII ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE Part Two9
• CONTENTS OF VOLUME VIII11
• Italy, Sicily, and Greece—Part Two11
• LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS14
• IV THREE FAMOUS CITIES27
• IN THE STREETS OF GENOA[1]28
• MILAN CATHEDRAL[2]29
• PISA'S FOUR GLORIES[4]31
• THE WALLS AND "SKYSCRAPERS" OF PISA[5]34
• V NAPLES AND ITS ENVIRONS39
• IN AND ABOUT THE CITY[6]39
• THE TOMB OF VIRGIL[7]42
• TWO ASCENTS OF VESUVIUS[8]44
• ANOTHER ASCENT[10]47
• CASTELLAMARE AND SORRENTO[11]51
• CAPRI[13]54
• POMPEII[14]56
• VI OTHER ITALIAN SCENES61
• VERONA[15]62
• PADUA[16]64
• FERRARA[18]67
• LAKE LUGANO[19]68
• LAKE COMO[21]70
• BELLAGIO ON LAKE COMO[22]71
• THE REPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO[23]72
• PERUGIA[26]75
• SIENA[28]76
• THE ASSISSI OF ST. FRANCIS[29]78
• RAVENNA[30]80
• BENEDICTINE SUBIACO[31]81
• ETRUSCAN VOLTERRA[32]83
• THE PAESTUM OF THE GREEKS[33]84
• VII SICILIAN SCENES87
• PALERMO[34]88
• GIRGENTI[35]89
• SEGESTE[37]103
• TAORMINA[38]105
• MOUNT ÆTNA[39]106
• SYRACUSE[40]108
• MALTA[41]110
• VIII THE MAINLAND OF GREECE113
• ON ARRIVING IN ATHENS—THE ACROPOLIS[42]114
• A WINTER IN ATHENS HALF A CENTURY AGO[43]118
• THE ACROPOLIS AS IT WAS[44]120
• THE ELGIN MARBLES[45]124
• THE THEATER OF DIONYSUS[48]126
• WHERE PAUL PREACHED TO THE ATHENIANS[50]128
• FROM ATHENS TO DELPHI ON HORSEBACK[51]129
• CORINTH[52]132
• OLYMPIA[53]134
• THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA AS IT WAS[54]136
• THERMOPYLÆ[55]139
• SALONICA[56]141
• FROM THE PIERIAN PLAIN TO MARATHON[57]143
• AN EXCURSION TO SPARTA AND MAINA[58]145
• MESSENIA[59]147
• TIRYNS AND MYCENÆ[60]150
• IX THE GREEK ISLANDS155
• A TOUR OF CRETE[61]156
• THE COLOSSAL RUINS OF CNOSSOS[62]158
• CORFU[63]161
• RHODES[65]162
• MT. ATHOS[66]165
• FOOTNOTES:168
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE173

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