The interest in Naples is not only scenic, but historic. It is not the achievements of monarchs nor the monuments of artists that attract you. In such matters Naples is poorer than other towns in Italy. But the relics rescued from the explorations in Herculaneum and Pompeii afford an interest that is unique and compelling--an interest, too, that is continually growing, for new discoveries are being made from time to time. Many are the scenic trips to be taken from Naples. It is a point of departure for pleasure tourists in almost every direction. The ascent of Mount Vesuvius is interesting; but that is the interest of curiosity. Where visitors find the greatest happiness is in the trips to outlying points, especially to the peninsula of Sorrento, to the island of Capri, and to Amalfi and Ravello. It is at these points that we find the greatest beauty of the Mediterranean. It seems indeed as if the great inland sea and mankind had joined there to make a pleasure ground beyond compare. It is in and about Naples that the traveler will care to linger longest. There is so much to be seen there--and, when satisfied with pleasure jaunts and scenic trips, there is a serenity of life in Naples, and a soft, sunny climate that, to repeat Byron’s words, “lend to loneliness delight.” One friend of mine prolonged a trip, planned for a week, until it filled out twelve months. There is much to interest and delight one in all the seaport towns of the Mediterranean. After all has been said of its varied shores, however, one is apt to conclude by giving the palm of distinction in beauty and interest to Algiers, to Monte Carlo, and to Naples with its environs. [Illustration: NAPLES FROM THE BAY] SUPPLEMENTARY READING--“Mediterranean Winter Resorts,” E. Reynolds-Ball; “Algeria and Tunis,” Frances E. Nesbitt; “The Barbary Coast,” H. M. Field; “The Garden of Allah,” R. S. Hichens; “Servitude,” Irene Osgood; Burckhardt’s “Cicerone,” translated by Mrs. A. H. Clough; “Afloat and Ashore on the Mediterranean,” Lee Meriwether; “Mediterranean Trip,” N. Brooks; “Italian Cities,” E. H. and E. W. Blashfield. THE MENTOR ISSUED SEMI-MONTHLY BY The Mentor Association, Inc. 381 Fourth Ave., New York, N. Y. Vol. 1 No. 39 ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION, FOUR DOLLARS. SINGLE COPIES TWENTY CENTS. FOREIGN POSTAGE, SEVENTY-FIVE CENTS EXTRA. CANADIAN POSTAGE, FIFTY CENTS EXTRA. ENTERED AT THE POST OFFICE AT NEW YORK, N. Y., AS SECOND-CLASS MATTER. _Editorial_ The Mentor has reached the farm. We have heard of its work in cities and towns and small settlements. We have had assurance of its acceptance by professional men, business men, educators, reading societies and of the place it has assumed in the home. We have been waiting to hear from the farm--and wanting to hear, for it seems to us that a plan that carries information in a popular and interesting way to the public must be a welcome visitor to any intelligent farm family.