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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation in the original document have been preserved.

On page 3, Cyrnos is a possible typo for Cyrnus.

CONSTABLE'S MISCELLANY
OF
FOREIGN LITERATURE.

VOL. V.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO.
HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., LONDON.
JAMES M'GLASHAN, DUBLIN.
MDCCCLV.

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EDINBURGH: T. CONSTABLE, PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY.

Map

ISLAND of CORSICA

Engraved & Printed in Colours
by W. & A. K. Johnston, Edinburgh.
Edinburgh, T. Constable & Co.

WANDERINGS IN CORSICA:
ITS HISTORY AND ITS HEROES.

TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN OF
FERDINAND GREGOROVIUS
BY ALEXANDER MUIR.

VOL. I.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO.
HAMILTON, ADAMS, AND CO., LONDON.
JAMES M'GLASHAN, DUBLIN.
MDCCCLV.

PREFACE.

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It was in the summer of the past year that I went over to the island of Corsica. Its unknown solitudes, and the strange stories I had heard of the country and its inhabitants, tempted me to make the excursion. But I had no intention of entangling myself so deeply in its impracticable labyrinths as I actually did. I fared like the heroes of the fairy-tales, who are allured by a wondrous bird into some mysterious forest, and follow it ever farther and farther into the beautiful wilderness. At last I had wandered over most of the island. The fruit of that summer is the present book, which I now send home to my friends. May it not meet with an unsympathetic reception! It is hoped that at least the history of the Corsicans, and their popular poetry, entitles it to something better.

The history of the Corsicans, all granite like their mountains, and singularly in harmony with their nature, is in itself an independent whole; and is therefore capable of being presented, even briefly, with completeness. It awakens the same interest of which we are sensible in reading the biography of an unusually organized man, and would possess valid claims to our attention even though Corsica could not boast Napoleon as her offspring. But certainly the history of Napoleon's native country ought to contribute its share of data to an accurate estimate of his character; and as the great man is to be viewed as a result of that history, its claims on our careful consideration are the more authentic.

It is not the object of my book to communicate information in the sphere of natural science; this is as much beyond its scope as beyond the abilities of the author. The work has, however, been written with an earnest purpose.

I am under many obligations for literary assistance to the learned Corsican Benedetto Viale, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Rome; and it would be difficult for me to say how helpful various friends were to me in Corsica itself. My especial thanks are, however, due to the exiled Florentine geographer, Francesco Marmocchi, and to Camillo Friess, Archivarius in Ajaccio.

Rome , April 2, 1853.

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The Translator begs to acknowledge his obligations to L. C. C. (the translator of Grillparzer's Sappho), for the translation of the Lullaby, , in the first volume; the Voceros which begin on pp. 51, 52, and 54, in the second volume, and the poem which concludes the work.

Edinburgh , February 1855.

CONTENTS.

BOOK I.HISTORY.
PAGE
Chap. I.	Earliest Accounts,
II.	The Greeks, Etruscans, Carthaginians, and Romans in Corsica,
III.	State of the Island during the Roman Period,
IV.	Commencement of the Medival Period,
V.	Feudalism in Corsica,
VI.	The Pisans in Corsica,
VII.	Pisa or Genoa?Giudice della Rocca,
VIII.	Commencement of Genoese Supremacy,
IX.	Struggles with GenoaArrigo della Rocca,
X.	Vincentello d'Istria,
XI.	The Bank of St. George of Genoa,
XII.	Patriotic StrugglesGiampolo da LecaRenuccio della Rocca,
XIII.	State of Corsica under the Bank of St. George,
XIV.	The Patriot Sampiero,
XV.	SampieroFrance and Corsica,
XVI.	Sampiero in ExileHis wife Vannina,
XVII.	Return of SampieroStephen Doria,
XVIII.	The Death of Sampiero,
XIX.	Sampiero's Son, AlfonsoTreaty with Genoa,
BOOK II.HISTORY.
Chap. I.	State of Corsica in the Sixteenth CenturyA Greek Colony established on the Island,
II.	Insurrection against Genoa,
III.	Successes against Genoa, and German MercenariesPeace concluded,
IV.	Recommencement of HostilitiesDeclaration of IndependenceDemocratic Constitution of Costa,
V.	Baron Theodore von Neuhoff,
VI.	Theodore I., King of Corsica,
VII.	Genoa in DifficultiesAided by FranceTheodore expelled,
VIII.	The French reduce CorsicaNew InsurrectionThe Patriot Gaffori,
IX.	Pasquale Paoli,
X.	Paoli's Legislation,
XI.	Corsica under PaoliTraffic in NationsVictories over the French,
XII.	The Dying Struggle,
BOOK III.WANDERINGS IN THE SUMMER OF 1852.
Chap. I.	Arrival in Corsica,
II.	The City of Bastia,
III.	Environs of Bastia,
IV.	Francesco Marmocchi of FlorenceThe Geology of Corsica,
V.	A Second Lesson, the Vegetation of Corsica,
VI.	Learned Men,
VII.	Corsican StatisticsRelation of Corsica to France,
VIII.	Bracciamozzo the Bandit,
IX.	The Vendetta, or Revenge to the Death!
X.	Bandit Life,
BOOK IV.
Chap. I.	Southern Part of Cape Corso,
II.	From Brando to Luri,
III.	Pino,
IV.	The Tower of Seneca,
V.	Seneca Morale,
VI.	Seneca Birbone,
VII.	Seneca Eroe,
VIII.	Thoughts of a Bride,
IX.	Corsican Superstitions,
BOOK V.
Chap. I.	Vescovato and the Corsican Historians,
II.	Rousseau and the Corsicans,
III.	The MorescaArmed Dance of the Corsicans,
IV.	Joachim Murat,
V.	VenzolascaCasabiancaThe Old Cloisters,
VI.	Hospitality and Family Life in OretoThe Corsican Antigone,
VII.	A Ride through the District of Orezza to Morosaglia,
VIII.	Pasquale Paoli,
IX.	Paoli's Birthplace,
X.	Clemens Paoli,
XI.	The Old Hermit,
XII.	The Battle-field of Ponte Nuovo,

WANDERINGS IN CORSICA.

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BOOK I.HISTORY.

CHAP. I.EARLIEST ACCOUNTS.

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