Chapter I: Front Matter

MENTONE, CAIRO, AND CORFU

BY

CONSTANCE FENIMORE WOOLSON

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

ILLUSTRATED

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

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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

FETE, 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

THE WOODEN MAN 175

AN EGYPTIAN WOMAN 181

THE NILE--COMING DOWN TO GET WATER 187

THE DOCK AT OLD CAIRO 191

MOUCHRABIYEHS IN THE OLD QUARTER 195

INTERIOR COURT OF A NATIVE HOUSE, CAIRO 199

A DONKEY RIDE 205

AN ARAB CAFE 209

HEAD-PIECE 212

PORCH OF EL AZHAR 215

STUDENTS IN THE OUTER COURT, EL AZHAR 221

BEFORE THE SACRED NICHE 227

OUTER ENTRANCE OF THE CITADEL, CAIRO 233

A MECCA DOOR 237

THE ROAD TO CHOUBRA 239

GARDEN-HOUSE AT CHOUBRA, SHOWING PART OF THE LAKE NEAR CAIRO 243

THE KHEDIVE 247

CHIEF WIFE OF EX-KHEDIVE ISMAIL, WITH HER PRIVATE BAND 251

AN EGYPTIAN DANCING-GIRL 259

THE INUNDATION NEAR CAIRO 267

A MOHAMMEDAN CEMETERY, CAIRO 278

SOUVENIRS OF CAIRO 279

HEAD-PIECE 283

PART OF THE TOWN OF CORFU 287

THE PALACE 293

UNIVERSITY OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS 294

SMALL TEMPLE, MEMORIAL TO SIR THOMAS MAITLAND 296

STATUE OF CAPO D'ISTRIA 299

THE TOMB OF MENEKRATES 305

THE ISLET CALLED "THE SHIP OF ULYSSES" 311

VILLAGE OF PELLEKA 315

KING GEORGE OF GREECE 319

QUEEN OLGA OF GREECE 323

"MON REPOS," SUMMER RESIDENCE OF THE KING OF GREECE 327

IN THE GROUNDS OF THE NEW VILLA OF THE EMPRESS OF AUSTRIA 331

ALBANIAN MALE COSTUME 335

ALBANIAN FEMALE COSTUME 339

GALA COSTUME, CORFU 343

OLIVE GROVE, CORFU 351

AT MENTONE