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frightened-looking man, pale, with a large, face-absorbing nose....”
“February 3. Early at Piraeus.
Kalopothakis 1 met us there, coming on board. ... To Athens by carriage.
Acropolis as beautiful as ever.
It looks small after the Egyptian temples, and of course more modern — still very impressive....”
Athens, with its welcoming faces of friends, seemed almost homelike after the Eastern journeyings.
The Journal tells of sight-seeing for the benefit of the younger traveller, and of other things beside.
“Called on the Grande Maitresse at the Palace in order to have cards for the ball.
Saw the Schliemann relics from Mycenae, and the wonderful marbles gathered in the Museum.
Have been writing something about these.
To ball at the palace in my usual sober rig, black velvet and so forth.
Queen very gracious to us.... Home by three in the morning.”
“February 12. At ten in the morning came a committee of Cretan officers of the late insurrection, presenting a letter through Mr. Rainieri, himself a Cretan, expressing the gratitude of the Cretans to dear Papa for his efforts in their behalf. .... Mr. Rainieri made a suitable address in French--to which I replied in the same tongue.
Coffee and cordial were served.
The occasion was of great interest. . . In the afternoon spoke at Mrs. Felton's of the Advancement of Women as promoted by association.
An American dinner of perhaps forty, nearly all women, Greek, but understanding ”
1 A Greek Protestant minister.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York. 1916.
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