CHAPTER VI

FOREIGN TRAVEL: EGYPT AND GREECE (1849-1850)

Another fruitless distraction. A winter in Egypt--Thebes --Condition of the people--Impressions of Egyptian scenery. II. Athens--Doric architecture--Greek scenery. III. Political affairs --The "Don Pacifico" crisis--The Ionian Islands: a day with the High Commissioner. IV. American missionaries at Athens--Dresden --Visit to Kaiserswerth. V. The literary "temptation"--Her view of literary art--Her _Letters from Egypt_ 84