_Page 241._ The old road from Castellammare towards Sorrento. Breislak, who wrote so recently as in 1800, says, "Le chemin est le plus mauvais possible, et ne peut se faire avec sureté qu'à pied." _Page 245._ Quaresima. I refer once more to Signor Amalfi, _op. cit._ _Page 255._ These various scraps of folklore are from the same work, as are also the legends in this chapter. _Page 260._ For the tufa of Sorrento, see Breislak, _Voyages physiques_. _Page 270._ On the archæology of Sorrento the best work known to me is that of Beloch, _Campanien_. _Page 273._ Not much has been written well on Capri. _Storia dell'Isola di Capri_, by Mons. A. Canale, is sold throughout the town, but has little value. _Die Insel Capri_, by Ferdinand Gregorovius, is a book of great beauty and merit; the reputation of Gregorovius stands in no need of praise. Kopisch' narrative, _Die Entdeckung der blauen Grotte_, is volume 2,907 of Reclam's "Universal Bibliothek." _Page 301._ It is much to be desired that some German or Italian scholar--I fear none other would have the necessary patience--might undertake to elucidate the history of that collection of communes which passed by the name of Amalfi. Two histories exist--a modern one by Camera, an ancient one by Pansa. Both comprise interesting facts, but neither attempts to solve the puzzles which beset the traveller on every side. Nor will it be of any use for other writers to attempt solutions without long study; yet for one who might be willing to bestow the labour, there will certainly be reserved a rich reward of fame. Probably there is scarce any spot where thorough investigation might teach us so much of the tangled yet splendid history of Italy in the Middle Ages. _Page 305._ The Knights Hospitallers of St. John were settled at Cyprus for a time after their expulsion from Acre; but were not long contented to remain vassals of the king of that island, and accordingly obtained the Pope's permission to turn their arms against the Greek Empire, from which they took Rhodes on 15th August, 1310. Finlay, _History of Greece_, vol. iii. p. 410. _Page 306._ No one need concern himself with the works of Volpicella. They belong to the bad period of archæology, when sentiment overcame both reason and sense. Schulz remains the safe and trusty guide; it being remembered always that changes have occurred since he wrote. _Page 311._ The bronze doors at Amalfi and Ravello. Schulz remains the chief authority on this very interesting subject; but there is a good article on the subject in Lenormant, _À travers l'Apulie et la Lucanie_, under the heading "Monte Sant'Angelo."