Scylla and Charybdis--Messina, the chief commercial center of Sicily--The magnificent ruins of the Greek Theater at Taormina--Omnipresence of Mt. Etna--Approach to Syracuse-- The famous Latomia del Paradiso--Girgenti, the City of Temples--Railway route to Palermo--Mosaics--Cathedral and Abbey of Monreale--Monte Pellegrino at the hour of sunset. XIV. NAPLES, 325 The Bay of Naples--Vesuvius--Characteristic scenes of street life--The _al fresco_ restaurants--Chapel of St. Januarius-- Virgil's Tomb--Capri, the Mecca of artists and lovers of the picturesque--The Emperor Tiberius--Description of the Blue Grotto--The coast-road from Castellamare to Sorrento-- Amalfi--Sorrento, "the village of flowers and the flower of villages"--The Temples of Pæstum. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. CAPRI.--The Marina Grande _Frontispiece_ PAGE GIBRALTAR.--View from the Old Mole 14 ALGIERS.--Government Square and the Street, La Marine 28 ALGIERS.--Interior of the Governor's Palace 36 MALAGA.--General View from Castle 52 BARCELONA.--View of Harbor 70 MARSEILLES.--Panorama of the Old Port 98 NICE.--Promenade des Anglais 132 THE RIVIERA.--San Remo 158 GENOA.--The Doria Palace--Garden and Doorway 172 THE TUSCAN COAST.--Pisa--Cathedral Square and Monuments 198 VENICE.--The Piazza of St. Mark 226 ALEXANDRIA.--General View of the City 240 ALEXANDRIA.--Scene on Canal 260 MALTA.--General View 274 SICILY.--View of Taormina and Mt. Etna 298 NAPLES.--Panorama from Virgil's Tomb 334 The Mediterranean I THE PILLARS OF HERCULES Portals of the ancient world--Bay of Tangier at sunrise--Tarifa--The Rock of Gibraltar--Wonders of its fortifications--Afternoon promenade in the Alameda Gardens--Ascending the Rock--View from the highest point--The Great Siege--Ceuta, the principal Spanish stronghold on the Moorish coast--The rock of many names.