Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 - Italy and Greece, Part Two

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• Publié par: thawyang
• Publié le: 08 décembre 2010
• Nombre de lectures: 33
• Langue: English

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Project Gutenberg's Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Vol VIII, by Various This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org 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 Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SEEING EUROPE *** Produced by Janet Blenkinship and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net 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 Worlds Famous Orations" and of "The Best of the World's Classics," etc. IN TEN VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED Vol. VIII ITALY, SICILY, AND GREECE Part Two C OPYRIGHT, 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 MILAN C ATHEDRAL—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine PISA'S FOUR GLORIES—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine THE WALLS AND "SKYSCRAPERS" OF PISA —By Janet Ross and Nelly Erichson V. NAPLES AND ITS ENVIRONS IN AND ABOUT N APLES—By Charles Dickens THE TOMB OF VIRGIL—By Augustus J. C. Hare TWO ASCENTS OF VESUVIUS—By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ANOTHER ASCENT—By Charles Dickens C ASTELLAMARE AND SORRENTO —By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine C APRI—By Augustus J. C. Hare POMPEII—By Percy Bysshe Shelley VI. OTHER ITALIAN SCENES VERONA —By Charles Dickens PADUA —By Theophile Gautier FERRARA —By Theophile Gautier LAKE LUGANO —By Victor Tissot LAKE C OMO —By Percy Bysshe Shelley BELLAGIO ON LAKE C OMO —By W. D. M'Crackan 52 55 59 62 64 66 18 24 26 31 37 42 45 1 4 7 11 THE R EPUBLIC OF SAN MARINO —By Joseph Addison PERUGIA —By Nathaniel Hawthorne SIENA —-By Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Blashfield THE ASSISSI OF ST. FRANCIS—By Hippolyte Adolphe Taine R AVENNA —By Edward A. Freeman BENEDICTINE SUBIACO —By Augustus J. C. Hare ETRUSCAN VOLTERRA —By William Cullen Bryant THE PAESTUM OF THE GREEKS—By Edward A. Freeman VII. SICILIAN SCENES PALERMO —By Will S. Monroe GIRGENTI—By Edward A. Freeman SEGESTE—By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe TAORMINA —By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe MOUNT ÆTNA —By Will S. Monroe SYRACUSE—By Rufus B. Richardson MALTA —By Theophile Gautier VIII. THE MAINLAND OF GREECE ON ARRIVING IN ATHENS—THE ACROPOLIS—By J. P. Mahaffy A WINTER IN ATHENS H ALF A C ENTURY AGO —By Bayard Taylor THE ACROPOLIS AS IT WAS—By Pausanias THE ELGIN MARBLES—By J. P. Mahaffy THE THEATER OF D IONYSUS—By J. P. Mahaffy WHERE ST. PAUL PREACHED—By J. P. Mahaffy FROM ATHENS TO D ELPHI ON H ORSEBACK —By Bayard Taylor C ORINTH—By J. P. Mahaffy OLYMPIA —By Philip S. Marden THE TEMPLE OF ZEUS AT OLYMPIA AS IT WAS —By Pausanias THERMOPYLÆ—By Rufus B. Richardson SALONICA —By Charles Dudley Warner FROM THE PIERIAN PLAIN TO MARATHON—By Charles Dudley Warner SPARTA AND MAINA —By Bayard Taylor MESSENIA —By Bayard Taylor TIRYNS AND MYCENÆ—By J. P. Mahaffy IX. THE GREEK ISLANDS 69 73 75 78 80 83 86 88 91 93 97 99 101 104 107 112 119 122 127 130 134 136 140 143 146 152 155 157 160 164 169 A TOUR OF C RETE—By Bayard Taylor THE C OLOSSAL R UINS AT C NOSSOS—By Philip S. Marden C ORFU—By Edward A. Freeman R HODES—By Charles Dudley Warner MT. ATHOS—By Charles Dudley Warner 175 179 182 185 189 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME VIII FRONTISPIECE THE PARTHENON PRECEDING PAGE 1 VENICE: SANTA MARIA D EL SALUTE FEEDING THE D OVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S VENICE: STATUE OF C OLLEONI PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE GONDOLA ON THE GRAND C ANAL GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE PALACE OF THE D UKES OF ESTE, FERRARA LAKE LUGANO TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE AT C ADORE THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS VERONA: TOMB OF THE SCALIGERS MILAN C ATHEDRAL BAPTISTERY, C ATHEDRAL, AND LEANING TOWER OF PISA FOLLOWING PAGE 96 C ITY AND BAY OF N APLES WITH VESUVIUS IN THE D ISTANCE TEMPLE OF THESEUS AT ATHENS PALERMO , SICILY, FROM THE SEA GREEK THEATER, SEGESTA, SICILY TEMPLE OF C ONCORD, GIRGENTI, SICILY TEMPLE OF JUNO , GIRGENTI, SICILY AMPHITHEATER AT SYRACUSE, SICILY GREEK TEMPLE AT SEGESTA, SICILY H ARBOR OF SYRACUSE, SICILY THE SO -C ALLED "SHIP OF U LYSSES," OFF C ORFU TEMPLE OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS AT ATHENS THE PLAIN BELOW D ELPHI THE R OAD N EAR D ELPHI ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM AT OLYMPIA THRONE OF MINOS IN C RETE VENICE: SANTA MARIA DEL SALUTE FEEDING THE DOVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S (See Vol. VII for article on these doves) VENICE: STATUE OF COLLEONI Courtesy John C. Winston Co. PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE, VENICE (Base of the old Campanile at the right) GONDOLA ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE