Mentone, Cairo, and Corfu   By: Constance Fenimore Woolson (1840-1894)

MENTONE, CAIRO, AND CORFU

BY

CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON

AUTHOR OF "ANNE" "EAST ANGELS" "HORACE CHASE" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

[Illustration]

NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896

BY CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON.

THE FRONT YARD, Etc. Illustrated. $1 25. ANNE. Illustrated. $1 25. EAST ANGELS. $1 25. JUPITER LIGHTS. $1 25. HORACE CHASE. $1 25. CASTLE NOWHERE. $1 00. RODMAN THE KEEPER. $1 00. FOR THE MAJOR. Illustrated. $1 00.

PUBLISHED BY HARPER & BROTHERS, NEW YORK.

Copyright, 1895, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

PUBLISHERS' NOTE.

The substance of this collection of Miss Woolson's sketches of travel in the Mediterranean originally appeared in HARPER'S MAGAZINE. "At Mentone" was published in that periodical in 1884; "Cairo in 1890," and "Corfu and the Ionian Sea," appeared in 1891 and 1892. As presented in this volume, the two sketches last mentioned contain much interesting material not included in their original form as magazine articles.

CONTENTS

PAGE

AT MENTONE 3

CAIRO IN 1890 149

CORFU AND THE IONIAN SEA 283

ILLUSTRATIONS

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STREET IN THE NEW QUARTER OF CAIRO Frontispiece

AT MENTONE 5

THE OLD TOWN 9

A STREET IN THE OLD TOWN 13

RUE LONGUE BLOCKADED BY AN ARTIST 19

THE CORNICE ROAD, MENTONE 23

"TO ITALY" PONT ST. LOUIS 27

THE PALMS OF BORDIGHERA 31

THE BONE CAVERNS 37

THE PROFESSOR DISCOURSES 43

THE WASHER WOMEN 49

OIL MILL 55

A MEDITERRANEAN BOAT 60

BRINGING LEMONS FROM THE TERRACE 63

ON THE WAY TO L'ANNUNZIATA 69

THE MONASTERY OF L'ANNUNZIATA 74

CAPUCHIN MONKS 77

MONACO 83

STREET IN ROCCABRUNA 91

THE KING OF THE OLIVES 97

FEUDAL TOWER NEAR VENTIMIGLIA 102

DOLCE ACQUA 107

PIFFERARI 113

MONACO THE PALACE AND PORT 117

ENTRANCE TO THE PALACE, MONACO 121

THE SALLE GRIMALDI, IN THE PALACE, MONACO 126

THE RIDE TO SANT' AGNESE 129

VIEW FROM SANT' AGNESE 134

FÊTE, VILLAGE OF SANT' AGNESE 137

VESTIGES OF ROMAN MONUMENTS 140

THE STATUE IN THE CEMETERY 143

CONTEMPORARY PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA 149

THE NILE BRIDGE, CAIRO 154

BEFORE THE LITTLE MOSQUE 158

TOMB MOSQUE OF KAIT BEY 161

A SELLER OF WATER JUGS, CAIRO 167

STATUE OF PRINCE RAHOTEP'S WIFE 172