Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Classic Souvenirs of Sicily - Its Great Natural Advantages - It becomes the Stronghold of the Papacy - Invasion of the Arabs - They besiege Syracuse - Strength of that City Failure of the Enterprise - Capture of Palermo - Rapid Progress of the Moslems - Condition of Italy - Arab Al liance with N aples - Messina taken - Betrayal of Castrogio vanni - Rout of the Greeks near Syracuse - Feuds of the Conquerors - Their Successes in Italy - Second Siege of Syracuse - The City is stormed and destroyed by ibn-mo hammed - Peril of Rome - Appearance Of the Normans in the South of Europe - They invade Sicily - Siege of Palermo - Subj eetion of the Island - Influence of the Moslems over their Conquerors - General Condition of Sicily - Its Civil ization - Palermo and its Environs - Science, Art, and Liter ature - The Great Work of Edrisi - Arab Occupation of Sardinia, Crete, Corsica, and Malta.

Classic Souvenirs of Sicily — Its Great Natural Advantages — It becomes the Stronghold of the Papacy — Invasion of the Arabs — They besiege Syracuse — Strength of that City Failure of the Enterprise — Capture of Palermo — Rapid Progress of the Moslems — Condition of Italy — Arab Al liance with N aples — Messina taken — Betrayal of Castrogio vanni — Rout of the Greeks near Syracuse — Feuds of the Conquerors — Their Successes in Italy — Second Siege of Syracuse — The City is stormed and destroyed by ibn-mo hammed — Peril of Rome — Appearance Of the Normans in the South of Europe — They invade Sicily — Siege of Palermo — Subj eetion of the Island — Influence of the Moslems over their Conquerors — General Condition of Sicily — Its Civil ization — Palermo and its Environs — Science, Art, and Liter ature — The Great Work of Edrisi — Arab Occupation of Sardinia, Crete, Corsica, and Malta.