Copyright, 1869, 1897, and 1899
by THE AMERICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copyright, 1911, by CLARA GABRILOWITSCH
Printed in the United States of America

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

The Capuchin Convent - A Festive Company of the Dead - The

Great Vatican Museum - Papal Protection of Art- Scale of

Rank of the Holy Personages in Rome.

CHAPTER II.

Naples-Annunciation-Ascent of Mount Vesuvius — Monkish

Miracles — The Stranger and the Hackman-Night View of

Naples from Mountain - Ascent of Vesuvius Continued

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CHAPTER III.

Ascent of Vesuvius Continued - Celebrated Localities in the Bay of

Naples - Petrified Sea of Lava-The Ascent Continued-

The Summit Reached-The Crater - Descent of Vesuvius

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CHAPTER IV.

The Buried City of Pompeii - The Judgment Seat - Desolation —

Footprints of the Departed-Skeletons Preserved by the Ashes

-The Brave Martyr to Duty - The Perishable Nature of Fame 43

CHAPTER V.

Stromboli - Sicily by Moonlight Skirting the Isles of Greece-

Athens - The Acropolis-Among the Glories of the Past-

A World of Ruined Sculpture-Famous Localities.

CHAPTER VI.

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Modern Greece-The Archipelago and the Dardanelles — Foot-

prints of History — Constantinople - Great Mosque - The

Thousand and One Columns - Grand Bazaar of Stamboul

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CHAPTER VII.

Scarcity of Morals and Whisky-Slave-Girl Market Report-
The Slandered Dogs of Constantinople—No More Turkish
Lunches Desired-The Turkish Bath Fraud .

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CHAPTER VIII.

Through the Bosporus and the Black Sea-"Far-Away Moses "

Melancholy Sebastopol — Hospitably Received in Russia —

Relic Hunting-How Travelers Form "Cabinets"

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CHAPTER IX.

Nine Thousand Miles East-Imitation American Town in Russia

Gratitude that Came Too Late-To Visit the Autocrat of

All the Russias

CHAPTER X.

Summer Home of Royalty - Reception by the Emperor — At the

Grand Duke's-A Charming Villa - The Governor-General's

Visit to the Ship-Aristocratic Visitors

CHAPTER XI.

Return to Constantinople-The Sailors Burlesque the Imperial Vis-
itors-Ancient Smyrna — The "Oriental Splendor” Fraud
Pilgrim Prophecy-Savans-Sociable Armenian Girls

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CHAPTER XII.

Smyrna's Lions-The Martyr Polycarp-The "Seven Churches"

Remains of the Six Smyrnas-Mysterious Oyster Mine-

A Millerite Tradition-A Railroad Out of its Sphere

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CHAPTER XIII.

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Journeying toward Ancient Ephesus-Ancient Ayassalook-The

Villainous Donkey-Fantastic Procession - Bygone Magnifi-

Fragments of History - Legend of Seven Sleepers . 156

CHAPTER XIV.

Approaching Holy Land! - The "Shrill Note of Preparation

The "Long Route " Adopted-In Syria-Something about

Beirout-Outfits- Hideous Horseflesh- Pilgrim "Style". 169

CHAPTER XV.

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"Jacksonville," in the Mountains of Lebanon-The Peculiar

Steed, "Jericho "-The Pilgrim's Progress - Bible Scenes,

Mount Hermon, Joshua's Battlefields, etc.—Tomb of Noah

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CHAPTER XVI.

Patriarchal Customs-Magnificent Baalbec― Description of Ruins

Scribbling Smiths and Joneses Pilgrim Fidelity to the

Letter of the Law-The Revered Fountain of Balaam's Ass 188