Seeing Europe with Famous Authors Volume VIII Part 14
[52] From "Rambles and Studies in Greece." Published by the Macmillan Co.
[53] From "Greece and the Aegean Islands." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1907.
[54] From the "Description of Greece." Pausanias wrote in the time of Hadrian and Marcus Aurelius.
[55] From "Vacation Days in Greece." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Charles Scribners Sons. Copyright, 1903.
[56] From "In the Levant." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1875.
Salonica, formerly Turkish territory, was added to the territory of Greece in 1913, under the terms of the treaty of peace that followed the Balkan war against Turkey.
[57] From "In the Levant." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1875.
[58] From "Travels in Greece and Russia." Published by G. P. Putnams Sons.
[59] From "Travels in Greece and Russia," Published by G. P. Putnams Sons.
[60] From "Rambles and Studies in Greece." Published by the Macmillan Co.
[61] From "Travels in Greece and Russia." Published by G. P. Putnams Sons.
[62] From "Greece and the aegean Islands." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1907.
[63] From "Sketches from the Subject and Neighbor Lands of Venice."
Published by the Macmillan Co.
[64] The ancient Greek name of Corfu.
[65] From "In the Levant." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1876.
[66] From "In the Levant." By special arrangement with, and by permission of, the publishers, Houghton, Mifflin Co. Copyright, 1876. As one of the results of the Balkan war of 1912-1913, Mt. Athos, which had formerly been under Turkish rule, was added to the territory of Greece.
Nature made Mt. Athos a part of the mainland, but a ca.n.a.l was cut by Xerxes across the lowland at the base of the lofty promontory, making it an island. Some parts of this ca.n.a.l still remain.