Travel
American Missionary School.--Visit to the School.--Mr. Hill and the Male Department.--Mrs. Hill and the Female Department.--Maid of Athens.--Letter from Mr. Hill.--Revival of Athena.--Citizens of the World. 61
American Missionary School.--Visit to the School.--Mr. Hill and the Male Department.--Mrs. Hill and the Female Department.--Maid of Athens.--Letter from Mr. Hill.--Revival of At...
5. CHAPTER V.Ruins of Athens.--Hill of Mars.--Temple of the Winds.--Lantern of Demosthenes.--Arch of Adrian.--Temple of Jupiter Olympus.--Temple of Theseus.--The Acropolis.--The Parthenon.--...
6. CHAPTER VI.Argos.--Parting and Farewell.--Tomb of Agamemnon.--Mycenæ.--Gate of the Lions.--A Misfortune.--Meeting in the Mountains.--A Landlord's Troubles.--A Midnight Quarrel.--One good T...
7. CHAPTER VII.A Dreary Funeral.--Marathon.--Mount Pentelicus.--A Mystery.--Woes of a Lover.--Reveries of Glory.--Scio's Rocky Isle.--A blood-stained Page of History.--A Greek Prelate.--Desola...
8. CHAPTER VIII.A Noble Grecian Lady.--Beauty of Scio.--An Original.--Foggi.--A Turkish Coffee-house.--Mussulman at Prayers.--Easter Sunday.--A Greek Priest.--A Tartar Guide.--Turkish Ladies.--...
9. CHAPTER IX.10. CHAPTER X.Position of Smyrna.--Consular Privileges.--The Case of the Lover.--End of the Love Affair.--The Missionary's Wife.--The Casino.--Only a Greek Row.--Rambles in Smyrna.--The Armen...
11. CHAPTER XI.12. CHAPTER XII.Mr. Churchill.--Commodore Porter.--Castle of the Seven Towers.--The Sultan's Naval Architect.--Launch of the Great Ship.--Sultan Mahmoud.--Jubilate.--A National Grievance.--Visi...
13. CHAPTER XIII.14. CHAPTER XIV.15. CHAPTER I.ON the evening of the ---- February, 1835, by a bright starlight, after a short ramble among the Ionian Islands, I sailed from Zante in a beautiful cutter of about forty tons fo...
16. CHAPTER II.BARREN as our prospect was on landing, our first day in Greece had already been full of interest. Supposing that we should not find anything to engage us long, before setting ou...
17. CHAPTER III.IN the morning Demetrius had a roaring quarrel with the keeper of the locanda, in which he tried to keep back part of the money we gave him to pay for us. He did this, however,...
18. CHAPTER IV.American Missionary School.--Visit to the School.--Mr. Hill and the Male Department.--Mrs. Hill and the Female Department.--Maid of Athens.--Letter from Mr. Hill.--Revival of At...
19. CHAPTER V.Ruins of Athens.--Hill of Mars.--Temple of the Winds.--Lantern of Demosthenes.--Arch of Adrian.--Temple of Jupiter Olympus.--Temple of Theseus.--The Acropolis.--The Parthenon.--...
20. CHAPTER VI.IN the morning, finding a difficulty in procuring horses, some of the loungers about the hotel told us there was a carriage in Napoli, and we ordered it to be brought out, and s...
21. CHAPTER VII.A Dreary Funeral.--Marathon.--Mount Pentelicus.--A Mystery.--Woes of a Lover.--Reveries of Glory.--Scio's Rocky Isle.--A blood-stained Page of History.--A Greek Prelate.--Desola...
22. CHAPTER VIII.A Noble Grecian Lady.--Beauty of Scio.--An Original.--Foggi.--A Turkish Coffee-house.--Mussulman at Prayers.--Easter Sunday.--A Greek Priest.--A Tartar Guide.--Turkish Ladies.--...
23. CHAPTER IX.AFTER my bath I returned to my hotel, breakfasted, and sallied out for a walk. It was now about twelve o'clock, Sunday--the first Sunday after Easter--and all the Frank populati...
24. CHAPTER X.Position of Smyrna.--Consular Privileges.--The Case of the Lover.--End of the Love Affair.--The Missionary's Wife.--The Casino.--Only a Greek Row.--Rambles in Smyrna.--The Armen...
25. CHAPTER XI.ON my return from Ephesus I heard of the arrival in Smyrna of two American travellers, father and son, from Egypt; and the same day, at Mr. Langdon's, I met the father, Dr. N. o...
26. CHAPTER XII.Mr. Churchill.--Commodore Porter.--Castle of the Seven Towers.--The Sultan's Naval Architect.--Launch of the Great Ship.--Sultan Mahmoud.--Jubilate.--A National Grievance.--Visi...
27. CHAPTER XIII.THE day before I left Constantinople I went, in company with Dr. N. and his son, and attended by Paul, to visit the slave-market; crossing over to Stamboul, we picked up a Jew i...
28. CHAPTER XIV.I SHALL pass over briefly the whole of our _pratique_. The next morning I succeeded in getting a room to myself. A guardiano was assigned to each room, who took his place in the...