Naples, Past and Present

CONTENTS

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CHAPTER I
The Approach to Naples by the Sea	1
CHAPTER II
The Ancient Marvels of the PhlegrÆan Fields	21
CHAPTER III
The Beauties and Traditions of the Posilipo, with some Observations upon Virgil, the Enchanter	49
CHAPTER IV
The Riviera di Chiaia, and some Strange Things which occurred there	68
CHAPTER V
The Enchanted Castle of the Egg, and the Succession of the Kings who held it	85
CHAPTER VI
The Barbarities of Ferdinand of Aragon, with certain other subjects which present themselves in strolling round the City	101
CHAPTER VII
Chiefly about Churches—with some Saints, but more Sinners	121
CHAPTER VIII
A Great Church and two very Noble Tragedies	143
CHAPTER IX
Vesuvius and the Cities which he has Destroyed—Herculaneum, Pompeii, and StabiÆ	178
CHAPTER X
Castellammare: its Woods, its Folklore, and the Tale of the Madonna of Pozzano	226
CHAPTER XI
Surriento Gentile: its Beauties and Beliefs	251
CHAPTER XII
Capri	273
CHAPTER XIII
La Riviera d'Amalfi and its Long-dead Greatness	299
CHAPTER XIV
The Abbey of TrinitÀ della Cava, Salerno, and the Ruined Majesty of PÆstum	327
Appendix	345
Index	357

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