FROM THE OAK TO THE OLIVE.
Reading edition
A PLAIN RECORD OF A PLEASANT JOURNEY.
BY JULIA WARD HOWE
BOSTON: LEE AND SHEPARD. 1868.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, In the year 1868, by JULIA WARD HOWE, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, 19 Spring Lane.
TO S. G. H., THE STRENUOUS CHAMPION OF GREEK LIBERTY AND OF HUMAN RIGHTS, IS OFFERED SUCH SMALL HOMAGE AS THE DEDICATION OF THIS VOLUME CAN CONFER.
CONTENTS
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Preliminaries.1
The Voyage.3
Liverpool.9
Chester—Lichfield.11
London.17
St. Paul's—the Japanese.23
Society.28
The Channel.36
Paris and Thence.37
Marseilles.42
Rome.45
St. Peter's.50
Supper of the Pilgrims.55
Easter.58
Works of Art.60
Piazza Navona—the Tombola.65
Sundays in Rome.70
Catacombs.74
Via Appia and the Columbaria.81
Naples—the Journey.88
The Museum.92
Naples—Excursions.96
The Capuchin.102
Baja.106
Capri.110
Sorrento.119
Florence.122
Palazzo Pitti.124
Venice.133
Greece and the Voyage Thither. 153
Syra.164
Piræus—Athens.169
Expeditions—Nauplia.175
Argos.183
Egina.196
Days in Athens.198
Excursions.205
Hymettus.214
Items.221
The Palace.222
The Cathedral.227
The Missionaries.231
The Piazza.234
Departure.237
Return Voyage.239
Farther.249
Fragments.253
Flying Footsteps.270
Munich.275
Switzerland.284
The Great Exposition.290
Pictures in Antwerp.299