The Naples Riviera

John Stuart Mill · en
[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
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     INDEX                                          321





                          LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS