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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1842, by
CHARLES ROCKWELL,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
JUL 14 1877
NEW-YORK.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XV.
TOULON AND MARSEILLES.
First Visit to Marseilles.- Cholera. - Letters from Home. - Poetry.
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Ships of War. - Galley
Journey to Marseilles. -
Wine. -Intemperance.·
Streets. - Manufactures.
History of
Commerce of Marseilles. Its Harbour.
Famine. Mercantile Failures. Coffee-Houses. -
Marseilles. The Phocians. -Temple of Diana.-Colonies.- Cæsar
and Pompey. - Maximian. - The Clergy. - Monastery of St. Victor.
- Hospitals. Charitable Societies. Mounts of Piety. - Saving's
Bank. The Leprosy. The Plague. Schools of Marseilles.
Provençal Dialect. - Academy of Marseilles. - Museum of Paintings.
Public Library. Botanic Garden. Observatory. Schools of
Design and Music. - Churches. - Protestant Chapel. Sir Walter
Scott's Remarks on the Catholic Service and Church. - Storm at Sea.
- Poetry.
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CHAPTER XVI:
GENOA, LEGHORN, AND FLORENCE.
History of Genoa. - Her Naval Power. - Population,Walls.Com-
merce. - Palaces. - Paintings. - Marquis di Negro. Richard Crom
well. Lord Byron. Churches. - Relics-University-bra-
ries. - Public Schools and Academies. — Deaf and Dumb. — Hospi-
tals. City Government. Convents. - Ladies of Genoa. - Poetry.
Population. - Jews. Lazaretto.
- English Chapel,
Grave of Smollet. Commerce. - Journey
to Florence. Vale of the Arno. - Industry and Thrift. Situation
of Florence. - Milton. - Vallombrosa. Cathedral. Conspiracy.
- Campanile. — Baptistery. - Church of Santa Croce. - Monument
of Michael Angelo; of Dante; of Alfieri; of Machiavelli; of Gali-
leo; of Boccacio. Church of St. Lorenzo. - Savonarola. The
Jesuits. The Inquisition; its Victims; its Suppression.
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CHAPTER XVII.
FLORENCE, PISA, AND CIVITA VECCHIA.
The Royal Gallery. Pitti Palace. Boboli Garden. - Museum of
Natural History. - Academy of Fine Arts. - Florence and Athens.
Cosmo de' Medici. - Public Libraries. - Hospitals. Workhouse.
Convents. Income of the Clergy. The Society of Misericor-
dia. Visitations of Pestilence. Morals of Priests, Monks, and
Nuns. Bishop of Prato and Pistoia. His Efforts for Reform.-Ig.
norance of the Clergy. - Their Number and Vices. - Testimony of
the Nuns. The Right of Asylum. - Prevalence of Crime. - Pisa :
its History.. Illumination. Cathedral. Galileo. -Baptistery..
Leaning Tower. -- Campo Santo.- University of Pisa. - Royal Farm.
Civita Vecchia.
Roman Baths. Corneto.
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Stromboli.- Vulcano.
CHAPTER XVIII.
LIPARI ISLANDS AND SICILY.
Convicts. Eolus. - Scylla and Charybdis. -
Messina; its History, Situation, Earthquakes. - The Plague.- Char-
acter of the People. Robbers. Cathedral. - Relics. --Letter of
the Virgin Mary. · Palermo; its Walls, History. Saracens.
Learned Men. - Population. Cathedral. St. Rosolia; her Festi-
val. Triumphal Car. Races. - Illumination. - Papal Paganism.
-Capuchin Convent. - Remains of the Dead.
sane.- A Friar. Geology. - Etna; its Form and Height.
Agriculture. - History. - Knights of Malta;
Church of St. John.-Capuchin Convent.
Ancient Armour.- -Libraries. University
of Mafta.Instruction, in Hebrew. - Seminary for Priests. - Popu-
lation. Beggars. - Lady Georgiana Wolff. - Hospital. - House of
Industry. Asylum for the Poor.-Catholic Persecution and Perjury.
-Military Force. Morals of Military Men. - Calêche. - Female
Dress. Maltese Ladies. Fortifications. Aqueduct. Gardens.
- Civita Vecchia. -Cathedral.-Grotto of St. Paul.-Catacombs.-
St. Paul's Bay. - Meleda. Shipwreck of Paul. - Ancient Burial
Places. Tombs. - Caves. Catacombs of Rome; of Naples.
Campo Santo of Naples. Horrid Scene.
CHAPTER XX.
GRECIAN ISLANDS AND NAPOLI.
Stu-
Scene of the Odyssey. - Description and History of Corfu, and its In-
habitants. Venetian Oppression. Government. Sir Howard
Douglas. Rev. Mr. Lowndes. His Literary Labors. - Schools. -
Greek Priests. The Ionian University. Lord Guilford.
dents. - Professors Bambas and Typaldos. Platon's Divinity.
Fasts and Feasts.- Churches. The Clergy. - Protestants. Jews.
― Corcyra. — The Citadel. - Epirus, or Lower Albania. - Dress of
the Albanians. - Grecian Women.. - Paxos.- Santa Maura. -- Leu-
cate. Sappho. - Ithaca. - Homer.- Battle of Actium: of Lepanto:
of Navarino of Missolonghi. A Human Skull. - Milo. - Greek
Pilots. Hydra. - Spetsæ. - Lycaonia. - Napoli its History. -
Fortress. Grecian Horses. National Character. -- Prevalence of
the Social Sympathies and Feelings. - Acropolis of Tiryns: the
Town. Dr. Clarke.
CHAPTER XXI.
ARGOS, MYCENE, AND ATHENS.
History of Argos. — Harvest.—Threshing. Bricks.
Acropolis. Oracles. - Catholic Frauds.Rev. Mr. Riggs. - Lake
of Lerna.
Colonel Miller. Mycena; its Walls and
Gates. Sophocles. - Ancient Excavations.
Reflections. Egina. - Temple of Jupiter.
Salamis; its History. - The Piræus. --Commerce.
tains.- Walls of the Piræus and Athens. Ancient Tombs.-Works
on Athens. Plains of Attica. - History of Athens. The Cephissos
and Ilissus. - Olive Trees. -Greek Revolution.. Modern Athens.
-King Otho.- Ancient Ruins. The Acropolis.-The Propylea.-
The Parthenon.-The Emperors Constantine and Julian.-Change
of National Faith.-The Venetians. Temples on the Acropolis.-
Catholic Churches.
Temple of Pandrosos.. Turkish Burying-Ground. -Theatre of Bac-
chus. Areopagus. -Trial of Paul; his Defence. -Temple of The-
seus; his History. The Pnyx. - Votive Offerings. - Monuments of
Philopappos, Lysicrates, and Andronicus Chyrrestes. The Lyceum.
-The Stadium. The Academy. -- The Equestrian Hill. Sopho-
cles; his Trial. -- Garden of Epicurus. - Temple of Jupiter Olym- pus. Hymettus. - Pentelikon. -Learning, Philosophy, and Schools
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of Athens. Sylla. - Hadrian.- Professors. Modes of Dress. -Ri-
val Schools. Decline of Paganism. - Church of Athens and of
Greece; their Corruption and Decline.- The Greek Church in Mod-
ern Times. - Recent Authors. -- Education. The Press in Greece.
- Colleges. — Rev. Dr. King; his Gymnasium. - American Episco-
pal Mission.
Schools at Syra.-
Condition of Greece since the
Revolution. - Capo d'Istrias. - King Otho.-Charges against the
Government.- Population of Greece; her Future Prospects. - Na-
tional Bank.-Taxes. - Change of Plans. -- Motives for returning
Home by way of Liberia and Brazil.-Parting of the Squadron.—
Poetry. Farewell to Greece, Mahon, and Gibraltar.
CHAPTER XXIII.
MALAGA.
Malaga from the Sea. -Danger from the Carlists. -Great Panic.-
United States Consul. - The Mole. - Fruit. Culture of the Grape :
Number of Species. - Vintage. — Income from Vineyards. - Raisins.
Manufacture of Wine. - Commerce of Malaga.— History of the
City. Mines. - Ancient Inscriptions. Traces of the Moors. -
Their Heroes and Learned Men. Mahometans and Catholics.
Sufis, Monks and Nuns. - Bishops of Malaga. · Climate and its Ef-
fects. Visitations of Pestilence. - Earthquakes. - Inundations. -
Population.Convents. -Monks and Friars. The Catholic Church
and the Theatre. - Lope de Vega. - Calderon de la Barca. — Reli-
gious Dramas. - Party Virulence: its Results.- Public Morals in
Spain. Spanish Preaching. - Exorcism. - Sale of Relics. - Mak-
ing of Saints. - Francis di Posadas..
.- St. Januarius; his Blood.
St. Catherine, of Sienna; her Life and Miracles. - Revelations. -
Wonders of God. The Gothic and Roman Liturgies.-The Propa-
ganda.
CHAPTER XXIV.
Calms and Storms. - Fishing. - Dolphin. - Albicore. Porpoises. —
Shark. Tropical Skies. A Slave-Ship.-The Slave-Trade.-- Brit-
ish Cruisers. Pedro Blanco. Canot. Influence of Colonies on
the Slave-Trade. - Kroomen. Canoes. -Dress of the Natives;
their Names. -Dances. -Reach Monrovia. - Governor and Secre-
tary of the Colony.- Manners of the Colonists. Houses. Meet-
ing of Friends.-Extent of Liberia. - - Rivers.- Soil and Climate. —
Seasons. Agriculture. -Fruits of the Earth. - Animals. -Oysters
on Trees.-Sea of Milk.-Phosphorescence of the Sea. - Flying
Fish. Forest Trees. - Palm Oil and Wine.-Vegetable Butter. -
Nutta..
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