Transcribed from the 1897 T. Fisher Unwin edition by DavidPrice,

the
CITIES OF THE DAWN:

NAPLES—ATHENS—POMPEII—CONSTANTINOPLE—
SMYRNA—JAFFA—JERUSALEM—ALEXANDRIA—
CAIRO—MARSEILLES—AVIGNON—
LYONS—DIJON.

by
J. EWING RITCHIE
(‘christopher crayon’),
author of ‘crying for the light,’‘east anglia,’ etc., etc.

‘Ye glittering towns with wealth andsplendour crown’d;
Ye fields where summer spreads profusion round;
Ye lakes whose vessels catch the busy gale;
Ye bending swains that dress the flowery vale;
For me your tributary stores combine;
Creation’s heir, the world—the world ismine.’

withthirty-one illustrations

london:
T. FISHER UNWIN,
paternoster square.
NEW YORK: G. P. PUTNAM’SSONS.
1897.

p. ixTo
F. W. WARMINGTON, Esq.,
to whose practical philanthropy
many of the young people of bothsexes
are indebted for happyholiday-times,
this book
is respectfully dedicated
by
THE AUTHOR

p.xiPREFACE.

In this new publication, consisting chiefly of articles whichappeared in the Christian World, the Echo, and theEast Anglian Daily Times, the author makes no pretence tooriginal information, or to have acted the part of an antiquarianexplorer.  He has simply gone over ground familiar to many,and to which all holiday-makers will turn in increasing numbers,partly for pleasure, and partly on account of the absorbinginterest attaching to the route here briefly described.  Tosuch he offers his services as guide, philosopher and friend,trusting also that many who stay at home may be interested in thestory here told.

With regard to the illustrations, the author acknowledges thekindness of Dr. Lunn and Messrs. Cassell in allowing him the useof them, and especially is grateful to Miss Pollard, the daughterof the author of that valuable work, ‘The Land of theMonuments,’ for permission to use her sketch ‘Dawn onthe Great Sphinx,’ which he has utilized for hisfrontispiece.

Clacton-on-Sea.

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