[Illustration: CHARCOAL CARRIERS, AMALFI] *THE* *NAPLES RIVIERA* BY HERBERT M. VAUGHAN, B.A. (OXON.) AUTHOR OF “THE LAST OF THE ROYAL STUARTS” WITH TWENTY-FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY MAURICE GREIFFENHAGEN METHUEN & CO 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON _First Published in 1907_ TO G. L. L. IN MEMORY OF MANY PLEASANT DAYS IN THE SUNNY SOUTH THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE INTRODUCTORY 1 CHAPTER II THE VESUVIAN SHORE AND MONTE SANT’ ANGELO 8 CHAPTER III LA CITTÀ MORTA 38 CHAPTER IV VESUVIUS 66 CHAPTER V THE CORNICHE ROAD 100 CHAPTER VI AMALFI AND THE FESTIVAL OF ST ANDREW 126 CHAPTER VII RAVELLO AND THE RUFOLI 152 CHAPTER VIII SALERNO 172 CHAPTER IX PAESTUM AND THE GLORY THAT WAS GREECE 198 CHAPTER X SORRENTO AND ITS POET 221 CHAPTER XI CAPRI AND TIBERIUS THE TYRANT 249 CHAPTER XII ISCHIA AND THE LADY OF THE ROCK 275 CHAPTER XIII PUTEOLI AND THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS ROME 295 ———— INDEX 321 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS