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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1879 Excerpt:...Po, in Lombardy; Brenta and Adige in Venetia; the Arno, Ombrone, Tiber, and Voituino on W. coast. Bays And Openings.--The Bays of Genoa Spezzia Gaeta Leghorn, and Naples; the gulfs of Genoa Naples Manfredonia, Salerno, Taranto, and Squillace. Minerals.--The minerals are valuable--marble, alabaster, alum, and sulphur are the most important. Education.--Great efforts are being made at present to spread education. The Republic of SAN MARINO, winch is one of the most ancient states of Europe, lies in the Apennines, and consists of a town of the same name together with a few villages, BKIT1SH POSSESSIONS.--We possess the Maltese Group, see page 163. KINGDOM OP GREECE. I. GREECE, to which the Ionian Islands were annexed in 1863, regained its independence in 1832. It lies between the parallels of 36 25' and 39 30' N.; and 19 16', and 26 E. longitude. The surface is very much covered with forests of pine, with oak in the upper regions. The vegetation is, in general, rich and varied; but agriculture is still backward. Exports.--Fruit, including grapes, oranges, lemons, figs, almonds, citrons, currants, cotton, silk, tobacco, rice, wool, and corn. Greece is divided into three parts--Continental, Peninsular, and Insular. Livadia, Roumelia, or N. Greece, lies N". of the gulf of Corinth. Athens (44,000) is situated on two small streams; and, with the exception of the Acropolis, or citadel, and the Parthenon, or temple of Minerva, has few traces of its ancient splendour. Livadia (5,000) is considered the best town in the district. Mesolonglri (4,000), in the W., was besieged in the civil wars. Here Lord Byron died, 1824. II. THE MOREA, so called by the ancients from the resemblance of its shape to the leaf of a mulberry tree, is a peninsula terminating in three cape...