Summer Cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate

LETTER XXII.

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The Maid of Athens—Romance and Reality—American Benefactions to Greece—A Greek Wife and Scottish Husband—School of Capo d’Istrias—Grecian Disinterestedness—Ruins of the most Ancient Temple—Beauty of the Grecian Landscape—Hope for the Land of Epaminondas and Aristides 134