Le livre et la terre . ve ans ofage ; sa femme est un portraitpainter et le plus exquis de travailler 56 LE LIVRE ET LA TERRE dans la maison de décoration. Ils sont tous deux admirableentertainers. Quitter le Pirée, soixante kilomètres de Corinthe, à 6:10 a. m. le samedi 26 mars, quelques wepassed mentionedin lieux de l'histoire grecque classique. CameEleusis d'abord, la ville et la baie, autour de qui wereheld les mystères qui ont été theenigma de siècles ; puis nous sommes venus toMegara, sur la rive de la baie de Salamis, ou grecs et perses ont combattu le notedsea lutte de l'histoire ancienne. En face nous thebay

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The book and the land . ve years ofage; his wife is an accomplished portraitpainter and does the most exquisite work 56 THE BOOK AND THE LAND in home decorations. Both are admirableentertainers. Leaving Piraeus, sixty miles from Corinth, at 6:10 a. m. on Saturday, March 26, wepassed some of the noted places mentionedin Greek classical history. First cameEleusis, town and bay, around which wereheld the mysteries which have been theenigma of centuries; then we came toMegara, on the shore of Salamis Bay, wherethe Greeks and Persians fought the notedsea fight of ancient history. Opposite thebay we saw Mount ^Egaleus, where Xerxessat on his throne and watched the struggleexpecting to see the Persians win an easyvictory; but the cunning Greeks, under thegreat Themistocles, turned the power ofPersia on the water, as at Marathon itspower on the land had been turned, into thecomplete triumph of Greece over Persiandomination. We also passed near Phylae, with its so famous fortress. Not far from Corinth our train crossed. MALTA, ATHENS, CORINTH 59 the new ship canal which cuts the Isthmusof Corinth, only recently dug. It is aboutthree miles in length, and from its impor-tance is considered a great piece of engi-neering-- as much so for little Greece toaccomplish as will be our Panama Canalfor the United States. How I rejoice thatthere is a spirit in America which makes forprogress, and hesitates at nothing whichputs the prestige of the United States on thehighest pedestal of achievement. That isthe spirit which makes an American travel-ing abroad feel proud of Old Glory when hesees it waving among the flags of all nations, the prettiest and grandest of them all! On reaching Corinth we drove in carriagesthree quarters of an hour, to the foot ofAcrocorinthus, where we saw the ruins ofthe temple of Minerva built seven hundredyears before Christ; said to be the oldestruin in Greece. Seven columns or pillarswith their capitals remain in a good state ofpreservation. Near this temple wa

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