THE MEDITERRANEAN

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I. THE PILLARS OF HERCULES, 1

Portals of the ancient world--Bay of Tangier at sunrise--
Tarifa--The Rock of Gibraltar--Wonders of its
fortifications--Afternoon promenade in the Alameda Gardens--
Ascending the Rock--View from the highest point--The Great
Siege--Ceuta, the principal Spanish stronghold on the
Moorish coast--The rock of many names.


II. ALGIERS, 28

"A Pearl set in Emeralds"--Two distinct towns; one ancient,
one modern--The Great Mosque--A Mohammedan religious
festival--Oriental life in perfection--The road to Mustapha
Supérieur--A true Moorish villa described--Women praying to
a sacred tree--Excessive rainfall.


III. MALAGA, 42

A nearly perfect climate--Continuous existence of thirty
centuries--Granada and the world-renowned Alhambra--Systems
of irrigation--Vineyards the chief source of wealth--Esparto
grass--The famous Cape de Gatt--The highest peak of the
Sierra Nevada--Last view of Granada.


IV. BARCELONA, 61

The flower market of the Rambla--Streets of the old town--
The Cathedral of Barcelona--Description of the Columbus
monument--All Saints' Day in Spain--Mont Tibidaho--Diverse
centers of intellectual activity--Ancient history--
Philanthropic and charitable institutions.


V. MARSEILLES, 94

Its Greek founders and early history--Superb view from the
sea--The Cannebière--The Prado and Chemin de la Corniche--
Château d'If and Monte-Cristo--Influence of the Greeks in
Marseilles--Ravages by plague and pestilence--Treasures of
the Palais des Arts--The Chapel of Nôtre Dame de la Garde--
The new Marseilles and its future.


VI. NICE, 124

The Queen of the Riviera--The Port of Limpia--Castle Hill--
Promenade des Anglais--The Carnival and Battle of Flowers--
Place Masséna, the center of business--Beauty of the
suburbs--The road to Monte Carlo--The quaintly picturesque
town of Villefranche--Aspects of Nice and its environs.


VII. THE RIVIERA, 145

In the days of the Doges--Origin of the name--The blue bay
of Cannes--Ste. Marguerite and St. Honorat--Historical
associations--The Rue L'Antibes--The rock of Monaco--"Nôtre
Dame de la Roulette"--From Monte Carlo to Mentone--San
Remo--A romantic railway.


VIII. GENOA, 160

Early history--Old fortifications--The rival of Venice--
Changes of twenty-five years--From the parapet of the
Corso--The lower town--The Genoese palazzi--Monument to
Christopher Columbus--The old Dogana--Memorials in the
Campo Santo--The Bay of Spezzia--The Isola Palmeria--Harbor
scenes.


IX. THE TUSCAN COAST, 192

Shelley's last months at Lerici--Story of his death--Carrara
and its marble quarries--Pisa--Its grand group of
ecclesiastical buildings--The cloisters of the Campo Santo--
Napoleon's life on Elba--Origin of the Etruscans--The ruins
of Tarquinii--Civita Vecchia, the old port of Rome--Ostia.


X. VENICE, 220

Its early days--The Grand Canal and its palaces--Piazza of
St. Mark--A Venetian funeral--The long line of islands--
Venetian glass--Torcello, the ancient Altinum--Its two
unique churches.


XI. ALEXANDRIA, 234

The bleak and barren shores of the Nile Delta--Peculiar
shape of the city--Strange and varied picture of Alexandrian
street life--The Place Mehemet Ali--Glorious panorama from
the Cairo citadel--Pompey's Pillar--The Battle of the Nile--
Discovery of the famous inscribed stone at Rosetta--Port
Said and the Suez Canal.


XII. MALTA, 267

"England's Eye in the Mediterranean"--Vast systems of
fortifications--Sentinels and martial music--The Strada
Reale of Valletta--Church of St. John--St. Elmo-