A Handbook for Travellers in Greece

has been revised by an American traveller, Mr. Keep, who has, in the course of the last two years, explored nearly all parts of Hellas. The quotations which will be given from various authors will be acknowledged in the proper place. Amongst the works consulted may here be specified those of the late Sir Thomas Wyse, and that of the Rev. Henry Tozer, whose recently-published Researches in the Highlands of Turkey throw so much light on the least known of all the countries of Europe," but one which contains so much to reward the trouble of investigation.

A few explanatory words may be added with reference to the form in which Greek names will appear in the following pages. A work containing quotations from many writers, all of whom may not have adhered to an uniform method of orthography, must present some anomalies. For the most part the usually received Latin form of Greek words has been made use of, but this rule has in some instances been departed from when by rendering the Greek K by the same letter in English, instead of by C, it has been possible to retain the exact Hellenic spelling, and thereby to facilitate the pronunciation of names of localities in Greece.

A short catalogue of the principal objects in the national collection of Greek Antiquities at Athens is given in a Postscript at p. xi.

Athens, March, 1872.

R. G. W.

The Publisher will be greatly obliged by information of any errors or omissions which may be detected by travellers on the spot, while making use of this Handbook.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, MAPS, AND PLANS.

Newly excavated Street of Tombs on the road from Athens to Eleusis