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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.

"A Pearl set in Emeralds"--Two distinct towns; one ancient, one modern--The Great Mosque--A Mohammedan religious festival--Oriental life in perfection--The road to Mustapha Sup?rieur--A true Moorish villa described--Women praying to a sacred tree--Excessive rainfall.

A nearly perfect climate--Continuous existence of thirty centuries--Granada and the world-renowned Alhambra--Systems of irrigation--Vineyards the chief source of wealth--Esparto grass--The famous Cape de Gatt--The highest peak of the Sierra Nevada--Last view of Granada.

The flower market of the Rambla--Streets of the old town-- The Cathedral of Barcelona--Description of the Columbus monument--All Saints' Day in Spain--Mont Tibidaho--Diverse centers of intellectual activity--Ancient history-- Philanthropic and charitable institutions.

Its Greek founders and early history--Superb view from the sea--The Cannebi?re--The Prado and Chemin de la Corniche-- Ch?teau d'If and Monte-Cristo--Influence of the Greeks in Marseilles--Ravages by plague and pestilence--Treasures of the Palais des Arts--The Chapel of N?tre Dame de la Garde-- The new Marseilles and its future.

The Queen of the Riviera--The Port of Limpia--Castle Hill-- Promenade des Anglais--The Carnival and Battle of Flowers-- Place Mass?na, the center of business--Beauty of the suburbs--The road to Monte Carlo--The quaintly picturesque town of Villefranche--Aspects of Nice and its environs.

In the days of the Doges--Origin of the name--The blue bay of Cannes--Ste. Marguerite and St. Honorat--Historical associations--The Rue L'Antibes--The rock of Monaco--"N?tre Dame de la Roulette"--From Monte Carlo to Mentone--San Remo--A romantic railway.

Early history--Old fortifications--The rival of Venice-- Changes of twenty-five years--From the parapet of the Corso--The lower town--The Genoese palazzi--Monument to Christopher Columbus--The old Dogana--Memorials in the Campo Santo--The Bay of Spezzia--The Isola Palmeria--Harbor scenes.

Shelley's last months at Lerici--Story of his death--Carrara and its marble quarries--Pisa--Its grand group of ecclesiastical buildings--The cloisters of the Campo Santo-- Napoleon's life on Elba--Origin of the Etruscans--The ruins of Tarquinii--Civita Vecchia, the old port of Rome--Ostia.

Its early days--The Grand Canal and its palaces--Piazza of St. Mark--A Venetian funeral--The long line of islands-- Venetian glass--Torcello, the ancient Altinum--Its two unique churches.

The bleak and barren shores of the Nile Delta--Peculiar shape of the city--Strange and varied picture of Alexandrian street life--The Place Mehemet Ali--Glorious panorama from the Cairo citadel--Pompey's Pillar--The Battle of the Nile-- Discovery of the famous inscribed stone at Rosetta--Port Said and the Suez Canal.

"England's Eye in the Mediterranean"--Vast systems of fortifications--Sentinels and martial music--The Strada Reale of Valletta--Church of St. John--St. Elmo--The Military Hospital, the "very glory of Malta"--Citta Vecchia--Saint Paul and his voyages.

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.

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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

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.

PORTABLE TOOLS 90

THE PEDRAIL: A WALKING STEAM-ENGINE 97

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES--OIL ENGINES--ENGINES WORKED WITH PRODUCER GAS--BLAST FURNACE GAS ENGINES 112

MOTOR-CARS--THE MOTOR OMNIBUS--RAILWAY MOTOR-CARS 130

THE MOTOR AFLOAT--PLEASURE BOATS--MOTOR LIFEBOATS--MOTOR FISHING BOATS--A MOTOR FIRE FLOAT--THE MECHANISM OF THE MOTOR BOAT--THE TWO-STROKE MOTOR--MOTOR BOATS FOR THE NAVY 150

THE MOTOR CYCLE 175

FIRE ENGINES 185

FIRE-ALARMS AND AUTOMATIC FIRE EXTINGUISHERS 191

THE MACHINERY OF A SHIP--THE REVERSING ENGINE--MARINE ENGINE SPEED GOVERNORS--THE STEERING ENGINE--BLOWING AND VENTILATING APPARATUS--PUMPS--FEED HEATERS--FEED-WATER FILTERS--DISTILLERS--REFRIGERATORS--THE SEARCH-LIGHT--WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY INSTRUMENTS--SAFETY DEVICES--THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER ON A SHIP 203

"THE NURSE OF THE NAVY" 236

THE MECHANISM OF DIVING 240

APPARATUS FOR RAISING SUNKEN SHIPS AND TREASURE 248

THE HANDLING OF GRAIN--THE ELEVATOR--THE SUCTION PNEUMATIC GRAIN-LIFTER--THE PNEUMATIC BLAST GRAIN-LIFTER--THE COMBINED SYSTEM 252

MECHANICAL TRANSPORTERS AND CONVEYERS--ROPEWAYS--CABLEWAYS--TELPHERAGE--COALING WARSHIPS AT SEA 258

AUTOMATIC WEIGHERS 274

TRANSPORTER BRIDGES 277

BOAT- AND SHIP-RAISING LIFTS 283

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