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Vistas in Sicily

THE ILLUSTRATIONS

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Palermo, from the Porta Nuova5

Mte. Pellegrino and the Via Borgo17

The Musical Water-Seller22

The Wonderful Sicilian Cart25

Part of the City Street-Cleaning Department26

A Piece Bitten out of Coney Island28

An “Economical Kitchen”32

The Fried-Entrails Man32

The Holy Bambino of the Onions36

The Garibaldi Theatre41

The Palermo Cathedral’s Facade42

King Roger’s Sarcophagus44

The Monreale Cathedral49

The Creation of Eve, Monreale Cathedral52

Interior of the Cappella Palatina60

The “Church of the Vespers”75

The “Poor Man’s Promenade”85

The Temple of Concord, Girgenti101

Syracuse, from the Greek Theatre115

Queen Philistis’ Coins120

Ætna, the Greek Theatre, and Taormina171

A Taormina Water-Girl176

Taormina Knitting-School Pupils179

The Mola Pigs184

“Goats! Goats! Goats!”189

The Troubadours200

Messina—“The City That Was”208

Cefalù, across the Fields217

The Cefalù Cathedral’s Facade220

Solous, the City of the Rock225

“Five Minutes for Refreshments”251

Santa Rosalia’s Grotto258

VISTAS IN SICILY

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