CITIES OF THE WORLD:

THEIR ORIGIN, PROGRESS, AND PRESENT ASPECT.

BY

EDWIN HODDER,

AUTHOR OF HEROES OF BRITAIN IN PEACE AND WAR," ETC.

Illustrated.

CASSELL & COMPANY, LIMITED:

LONDON, PARIS & NEW YORK.

[ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.]

CONTENTS.

JERUSALEM.

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The Holy City of Jew, Moslem, and Christian-A Summary of its History-Situation-Jerusalem of To-day-Popula-

tion-Religious Sects-The Walls and Gates-Streets and Bazaars-A Scene near the Jaffa Gate-The Tower of

Hippicus-The Church of the Holy Sepulchre-Chapels in the Church-The Holy Fire-Legends-Golgotha-The

Via Dolorosa-The Hârâm-esh-Sherif-Associations-The Dome of the Rock-The Cave-Holy Places of the

Moslems-The Mosque El-Aksa-The Dome of the Chain-The Place of Judgment-The Golden Gate-The

Throne of Solomon-The First Explorer-Recent Explorations-The Cradle of Christ-Solomon's Stables-Walls

of the Hârâm-Robinson's Arch-Water-Supply-The Jews' Wailing-Place-Hospital of the Knights of St. John

-Tomb of David-The Conaculum. ENVIRONS: Valley of Gihon-Valley of Hinnom-Aceldama-Job's Well-

En-Rogel-Pool of Siloam-Fountain of the Virgin-Pyramid of Zacharias-Grotto of St. James-Tomb of Jeho-

shaphat-Tomb of Absalom-Mount of Olives-View-Bethany- Garden of Gethsemane-Tomb of the Virgin-

Tombs of the Kings (or Helena)-Damascus Gate-Quarries-Philanthropic Institutions

BRUSSELS AND THE CITIES OF BELGIUM.

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A Miniature Paris-Its Foundation and Growth-Walls-Sieges-Population-The Market-Place - Halls - Hôtel de

Ville-Bourse-The Halles-Boulevards-Post Office-Galerie St. Hubert-Palaces-New Palace of Justice-Picture

Galleries-The Musée Wiertz-Zoological and Botanical Gardens-The Park and Bois de la Cambre- Statues of

Patriots, Warriors, Statesmen, &c.-The Cathedral-Notre Dame de la Chapelle-Church of St. James - Palace

of Laeken-Road to Waterloo. ANTWERP:-On the Scheldt-Van Speyk-Early History and Progress-Com-

mercial Importance-English Residents-Tyndale and his Labours-Decline of the City-Incorporation into

the Kingdom of Belgium-Return of Prosperity-The Cathedral and Churches-Art Treasures-Rubens-Van

Dyck-The Printing Press-Place Verte-Hôtel de Ville-Bourse. BRUGES :-An Old-world Town-Its Splendour

and Decay-The Cathedral-Notre Dame and its Tombs-The Hospital of St. John-The Grande Place and the

Belfry Tower-Hôtel de Ville-Chapel of the Holy Blood-Canals-Trade. GHENT:-Jacques and Philip van

Artevelde-Rise and Fall of Ghent-The Manchester of Belgium-Market Day-Cathedral-Belfry-The Vane

of the Belfry-Hôtel de Ville-The Marché du Vendredi-Church of St. Nicholas-Gardens-The Béguinages of

Ghent; their Past and Present History. LIÈGE :-Picturesque Belgium-The Ardennes-Memories of Liège-The

Walloons-Manufactories-Cathedral and Churches-The Palace of Justice-Gardens-Citadel

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ATHENS.

The Piraeus-The Long Walls-A Wayside Inn-Modern Athens-Fifty Years ago-Plan of the City-Costumes-The

Palace and Gardens-House of Parliament-University-Academy-Education-The Metropolitan Church--St.

Theodore-The Kapnikarea-Bazaars-Public Funerals-A Curious Custom-Ancient Athens-The Olympieium-

Gate of Hadrian-The Ilissus-Stadium-Monument of Lysicrates-Theatre of Dionysus-Odeum of Herodes Atticus

-The Acropolis-Propylæa-Temple of Athene Nike-Erechtheium-The Agora-Mars Hill-The Pnyx-Monument

of Philopappus-Tower of the Winds-A Buried Cemetery-Temple of Theseus-Lycabettus-Academy of Plato-

The Colonus-Eleusis-Athens and Edinburgh.

PHILADELPHIA. (By M. F. SWEETSER.)

The Ancient Navigators-The Swedish Colony-William Penn, the Founder of the City-The Dreary Morning-

Revolutionary Annals-A Capua for Britain's Hannibal-The Area of the City-Fairmount Waterworks-The

Monotony of Comfort-Co-operative Building-A Mosaic of Nationalities-Leagues of Factories-Markets and

Bridges Chestnut Street-Inns, New and Old-Independence Hall-The Libraries-Carpenters' Hall-The Exchange

and the Banks-The Post-Office and Mint-Tender Charities Catalogued-Anglicanism in Quakerdom-Gloria Dei-

The Swedish Pioneers-Christ Church--St. Peter's-The Grand Avenues-The Public Building-The Masonic

Temple The Clubs-Roman Catholicism and its great Cathedral-Protestant Shrines-The Fine Arts-The

Academy and its Collections-Music and Theatres-The University and Girard College-A Group of Prisons-

Fairmount Park-The Great Pictures-The Schuylkill Navy-The International Exhibition of 1876-Stately Old

Mansions-Lemon Hill and Sweet Brier, Lansdowne and Belmont-Laurel-Hill Cemetery-The American Clyde-

The Battle of the Kegs-Pirates-The Cradle of Steam Navigation-The Navy Yard-The Lazaretto-Pennsylvania

Dutch-A Pleasant Legend-Germantown and its Battle-The Wooden Walls of England-Summer Joys of the

Philadelphians-The Vanished Race

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