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THE NEAR EAST

[Illustration: THE MOSQUE OF SULEIMAN AT CONSTANTINOPLE]




    THE
    NEAR EAST

    DALMATIA, GREECE
    AND CONSTANTINOPLE

    BY
    ROBERT HICHENS

    ILLUSTRATED BY
    JULES GUERIN
    AND WITH PHOTOGRAPHS

    [Illustration]

    LONDON
    HODDER AND STOUGHTON
    1913




PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES BY THE DE VINNE PRESS




CONTENTS




                                                            PAGE
    CHAPTER I
    PICTURESQUE DALMATIA                                       1

    CHAPTER II
    IN AND NEAR ATHENS                                        49

    CHAPTER III
    THE ENVIRONS OF ATHENS                                    95

    CHAPTER IV
    DELPHI AND OLYMPIA                                       137

    CHAPTER V
    IN CONSTANTINOPLE                                        181

    CHAPTER VI
    STAMBOUL, THE CITY OF MOSQUES                            225




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS


    The Mosque of Suleiman at Constantinople      _Frontispiece_
        From a painting by Jules Guerin

                                                            PAGE
    The Roman Amphitheater at Pola                             4
        From a painting by Jules Guerin

    The Market-Place at Spalato                                9
        From a painting by Jules Guerin

    Zara--Piazza delle Erbe                                   14

    The Harbor of Mezzo                                       17

    Spalato--Peristilio                                       24

    Trau--