Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber's Note:

Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have
been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.

Italic text is denoted by _underscores_.

The following words may be variant spellings for the same word, or
different words with similar (correct) spellings.

Speloncato and Speloncata
Sagone and Sagona
Buttafuoco and Buttafucco
Rakotzy and Ragotzy
Capraja and Caprara

On page 129. "Signor Lucgi Biadelli" is a possible typo.
On page 202. "Franceso" is a possible typo.

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WANDERINGS IN CORSICA:
ITS HISTORY AND ITS HEROES.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF
FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS
BY ALEXANDER MUIR.

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CONTENTS.

WANDERINGS IN CORSICA.—BOOK VI.

PAGE
CHAP. I.—To Isola Rossa through Nebbio, 1
II.—Strand-Idyl of Isola Rossa, 7
III.—Vittoria Malaspina, 12
IV.—From Isola Rossa to Calvi, 20
V.—Calvi and its Men, 24
VI.—A Musical Festival, 31
VII.—The Corsican Dirges, 34

BOOK VII.

CHAP. I.—To Corte through Balagna, 58
II.—The City of Corte, 64
III.—Among the Goat-herds of Monte Rotondo, 73
IV.—The Mountain-top, 85
V.—Vendetta or not? 92
VI.—From Corte to Ajaccio, 95

BOOK VIII.

CHAP. I.—Ajaccio, 100
II.—The Casa Bonaparte, 108
III.—The Bonaparte Family, 113
IV.—The Boy Napoleon, 120
V.—Napoleon as Zealous Democrat, 130
VI.—Napoleon's Latest Activity in Corsica, 148
VII.—Two Coffins, 162
VIII.—Pozzo di Borgo, 165
IX.—Environs of Ajaccio, 173

BOOK IX.

CHAP. I.—From Ajaccio to the Valley of Ornano, 181
II.—From Ornano to Sartene, 188
III.—The Town of Sartene, 192
IV.—Two Stories of the Vendetta—Orso Paolo and
Dezio Dezii, 197
V.—The Environs of Sartene, 208
VI.—The Town of Bonifazio, 211
VII.—The Siege of Bonifazio by Alfonso of
Arragon, 218
VIII.—Other Reminiscences of Bonifazio, and a
Festival, 227
IX.—The Strait, 235
X.—The Caves of Bonifazio, 241

BOOK X.

CHAP. I.—The East Coast, 248
II.—Sulla's Colony, 253
III.—Theodore von Neuhoff, 258
IV.—Theodore the First, by the Grace of God and
through the Holy Trinity, King of Corsica
by Election, 272
V.—Mariana, and Return to Bastia, 284

WANDERINGS IN CORSICA.