CONTENTS
THE ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
Vistas in Sicily I DISCOVERY
II PALERMO
III A NIGHT OF DISSIPATION
IV CATHEDRALS
V PALACES AND PEOPLE
VI THE PLAIN OF PANORMOS
VII AROUND THE ISLAND
VIII THE ROAD TO SYRACUSE
IX THE HARBOR AND THE ANAPO
X SYRACUSE, THE PENTAPOLIS
XI CATANIA AND MOUNT AETNA
XII TAORMINA
XIII SOME MOUNTAIN VISTAS
XIV LIGHTS AND SHADES
XV THE CITY THAT WAS
XVI THE NORTHERN SHORE
XVII THE WESTERN SHORE
XVIII ADDIO, SICILIA!
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Negative by W. von Gloeden. “Sprightly little goatherds, whose heads are the heads of Greek fauns.” (Page 12)
Negative by W. von Gloeden.
“Sprightly little goatherds, whose heads are the heads of Greek fauns.” (Page 12)
V I S T A S
I N
S I C I L Y
BY
ARTHUR STANLEY RIGGS
F. R. G. S.
colophon
NEW YORK
McBRIDE, NAST & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
McBride, Nast & Co.
Published, November, 1912
TO
MY WIFE
The acknowledgments of the author are due to the editor of The Travel Magazine, for his courteous permission to reprint some of the chapters which follow.
A. S. R.
Massy-VerriÈres,
France, June 5, 1912.
