Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief Work

Sicily in Shadow and in Sun: The Earthquake and the American Relief Work

THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE AMERICAN RELIEF WORK BY MAUD HOWE AUTHOR OF ROMA BEATA, SUN AND SHADOW IN SPAIN, TWO IN ITALY, ETC. With numerous illustrations Including pictures from photographs taken in Sicily and original drawings by JOHN ELLIOTT BOSTON LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY 1910 {iv} Copyright, 1910, By Little, Brown, and Company. All rights reserved Published, November, 1910. LOUIS E. CROSSCUP Printer Boston, Mass., U. S. A. {v} TO MRS. LLOYD C. GRISCOM {vii}{vi} Sicily, the Four Corners of that little ancient world that was bounded on the west by the Pillars of Hercules, is to southern Europe what Britain is to northern Europe, Chief of Isles, universal Cross-roads. Sicily lies nearer both to Africa and to Europe than any other Mediterranean island, and is the true connecting link between East and West. Battle-ground of contending races and creeds, it has been soaked over and over again in the blood of the strong men who fought each other for its possession. There has never been a Sicilian nation. Perhaps that is the reason the story of the island is so hard to follow, its all snarled up with the history of first one, then another nation. The most obvious way of learning something about Sicily is to read what historians have to say about it; a pleasanter way is to listen to what the poets from Homer to Goethe have sung of it, paying special heed to Theocritushe knew Sicily better than anybody else before his time or since! Then theres the geologis{viii}ts storyyou cant spare that; its the key to all the rest. The best way of all is to go to Sicily, and there fit together what little bits of knowledge you have or can lay your hands upon,scraps of history, poetry, geology. You will be surprised how well the different parts of the picture-puzzle, now knocking about loose in your mind, will fit together, and what a good picture, once put together, they will give you of Sicily. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 58455
Author: Elliott, Maud Howe
Release Date: Dec 11, 2018
Format: eBook
Language: English