Excerpt from Winter in the South of Europe, or Mentone, the Riviera, Corsica, Sicily and Biarritz as Winter Climates The work was originally a mere essay on the winter climate and vegetation of the Mentone amphitheatre, and was first published in 1861. It has gradually expanded until it may now be considered a careful study of the me teorology and winter climate of the north shores of the Mediterranean in general. This edition contains, also, an account of various wanderings in search of health quarters, for winter and summer, in Italy, Corsica, Sicily, and the Italian lakes, and of a short residence at Biarritz. The purely scientific character has been partly laid aside, and the thoughts, fancies, and travelling impressions of a long period of invalidism have been recorded. 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.