Excerpt from Handbook to the Mediterranean, Its Cities, Coasts, and Islands, Vol. 1 of 2: For the Use of General Travellers and Yachtsmen; With Index and Directory for 1895 New Maps and Illustrations have been substituted wherever the original ones appeared inscient or defective, and all matter liable to frequent change has been removed to the Index. The Editor desires especially to direct the attention of the travelling public to corsica, an island too little known, which for natural beauty is unequalled in the Mediterranean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.