SALONICA--By Charles Dudley Warner 155

FROM THE PIERIAN PLAIN TO MARATHON--By Charles Dudley Warner 157

SPARTA AND MAINA--By Bayard Taylor 160

MESSENIA--By Bayard Taylor 164

TIRYNS AND MYCENAE--By J. P. Mahaffy 169

IX. THE GREEK ISLANDS

A TOUR OF CRETE--By Bayard Taylor 175

THE COLOSSAL RUINS AT CNOSSOS--By Philip S. Marden 179

CORFU--By Edward A. Freeman 182

RHODES--By Charles Dudley Warner 185

MT. ATHOS--By Charles Dudley Warner 189

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME VIII

FRONTISPIECE

THE PARTHENON

PRECEDING PAGE 1

VENICE: SANTA MARIA DEL SALUTE

FEEDING THE DOVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S

VENICE: STATUE OF COLLEONI

PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE

GONDOLA ON THE GRAND CANAL

GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE

PALACE OF THE DUKES OF ESTE, FERRARA

LAKE LUGANO

TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE AT CADORE

THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS

VERONA: TOMB OF THE SCALIGERS

MILAN CATHEDRAL

BAPTISTERY, CATHEDRAL, AND LEANING TOWER OF PISA

FOLLOWING PAGE 96

CITY AND BAY OF NAPLES WITH VESUVIUS

IN THE DISTANCE

TEMPLE OF THESEUS AT ATHENS

PALERMO, SICILY, FROM THE SEA

GREEK THEATER, SEGESTA, SICILY

TEMPLE OF CONCORD, GIRGENTI, SICILY

TEMPLE OF JUNO, GIRGENTI, SICILY

AMPHITHEATER AT SYRACUSE, SICILY

GREEK TEMPLE AT SEGESTA, SICILY

HARBOR OF SYRACUSE, SICILY

THE SO-CALLED "SHIP OF ULYSSES," OFF CORFU

TEMPLE OF THE OLYMPIAN ZEUS AT ATHENS

THE PLAIN BELOW DELPHI

THE ROAD NEAR DELPHI

ENTRANCE TO THE STADIUM AT OLYMPIA

THRONE OF MINOS IN CRETE

[Illustration: VENICE: SANTA MARIA DEL SALUTE]

[Illustration: FEEDING THE DOVES IN FRONT OF ST. MARK'S
(See Vol. VII for article on these doves)]

[Illustration: VENICE: STATUE OF COLLEONI
Courtesy John C. Winston Co.]

[Illustration: PALACE IN ST. MARK'S PLACE, VENICE
(Base of the old Campanile at the right)]

[Illustration: GONDOLA ON THE GRAND CANAL, VENICE]

[Illustration: GENERAL VIEW OF FLORENCE]

[Illustration: PALACE OF THE DUKES OF ESTE. FERRARA]

[Illustration: LAKE LUGANO]

[Illustration: TITIAN'S BIRTHPLACE AT CADORE