Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII

Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII, by Various

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Title: Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII Italy and Greece, Part Two
Author: Various
Editor: Francis W Halsey
Release Date: August 16, 2006 [EBook #19061]
Language: English
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[Illustration: THE PARTHENON]
SEEING EUROPE
WITH FAMOUS AUTHORS
SELECTED AND EDITED
WITH INTRODUCTIONS, ETC.
BY
FRANCIS W. HALSEY
Editor of "Great Epochs in American History" Associate Editor of "The World's Famous Orations" and of "The Best of the World's Classics," etc.
IN TEN
VOLUMES
ILLUSTRATED
Vol. VIII
ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE
PART TWO
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY NEW YORK AND LONDON

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
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 ?TNA--By Will S. Monroe 101
SYRACUSE--By Rufus B. Richardson 104
MALTA--By Theophile Gautier 107
VIII. THE MAINLAND OF GREECE
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
THERMOPYL?--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 MYCEN?--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

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME VIII
FRONTISPIECE
THE PARTHENON
PRECEDING PAGE 1
VENICE: SANTA MARIA DEL SALUTE
FEEDING THE DOVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S
VENICE: STATUE OF COLLEONI
PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE
GONDOLA ON THE GRAND CANAL
GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE
PALACE OF THE DUKES OF ESTE, FERRARA
LAKE LUGANO
TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE AT CADORE
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
VERONA: TOMB OF THE SCALIGERS
MILAN CATHEDRAL
BAPTISTERY, CATHEDRAL, AND LEANING TOWER OF PISA
FOLLOWING PAGE 96
CITY AND BAY OF NAPLES WITH VESUVIUS
IN THE DISTANCE
TEMPLE OF THESEUS AT ATHENS
PALERMO, SICILY, FROM THE SEA
GREEK THEATER, SEGESTA, SICILY
TEMPLE OF CONCORD, GIRGENTI, SICILY
TEMPLE OF JUNO, GIRGENTI, SICILY
AMPHITHEATER AT SYRACUSE, SICILY
GREEK TEMPLE AT SEGESTA, SICILY
HARBOR OF SYRACUSE, SICILY
THE SO-CALLED "SHIP OF ULYSSES," OFF CORFU
TEMPLE OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS AT ATHENS
THE PLAIN BELOW DELPHI
THE ROAD NEAR DELPHI
ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM AT OLYMPIA
THRONE OF MINOS IN CRETE

[Illustration: VENICE: SANTA MARIA DEL SALUTE]
[Illustration: FEEDING THE DOVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S (See Vol. VII for article on these doves)]
[Illustration: VENICE: STATUE OF COLLEONI Courtesy John C. Winston Co.]
[Illustration: PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE, VENICE (Base of the old Campanile at the right)]
[Illustration: GONDOLA ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE]
[Illustration: GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE]
[Illustration: PALACE OF THE DUKES OF ESTE. FERRARA]
[Illustration: LAKE LUGANO]
[Illustration: TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE AT CADORE (Cadore is in the Italian part of the Dolomites)]
[Illustration: THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS, VENICE]
[Illustration: TOMB OF THE SCAL��GERS AT VERONA]
[Illustration: MILAN CATHEDRAL (See Vol. VII for article on Milan Cathedral)]
[Illustration: BAPTISTERY, CATHEDRAL, AND LEANING TOWER OF PISA (See Vol. VII for article on Pisa)]

IV
THREE FAMOUS CITIES

IN THE STREETS OF GENOA[1]
BY CHARLES DICKENS
The great majority of the streets are as narrow as any thoroughfare can well be, where people (even Italian people) are supposed to live and walk about; being mere lanes, with here and there a kind of well, or breathing-place. The houses are immensely high, painted in all sorts of colors, and are in every stage and state of damage, dirt, and lack of repair. They are commonly