Two Roving Englishwomen in Greece. By Isabel J. Armstrong. (Sampson
Low and Co.)—These two ladies seem to have had no real difficulty in making their way through Greece by themselves. Plenty of determination and a thorough understanding with the Greeks that the two travellers would insist on going where they wanted to go, seem to have carried them through safely enough. It was a picturesque journey, and it is brightly described, especially the humours of Greek inns and landlords. The fustanella, the garment worn by the men, seems to have struck the travellers much; they declare that it is so spotlessly clean that it is impos- sible that these men can do any work. Indeed, they never saw any men working in the fields, and the women seemed to have
their work cut out for them in washing their manifold garments. The monasteries, such as Hagios Stephanos, were most interesting, and their heads entertained the travellers well. Three words, our author declares, will carry one through Greece, so various are their meanings, and so subtle are these descendants of the people who were unrivalled artists in language. Some exquisite pencil- sketches occur in the text.
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