Carthage and Tunis : the old and new gates of the orient / by Douglas Sladen ; with 6 maps and 68 ill. including 6 coloured plates by Benton Fletcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sladen, Douglas Brooke Wheelton, 1856-1947.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Qarṭājannah (Tunisia)--Description and travel.

Qarṭājannah (Tunisia).

Tunis (Tunisia)--Description and travel.

Tunis (Tunisia).

Physical Description:

2 volumes (663 pages) : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : G. W. Jacobs, 1906.

Contents:

I. Carthage : the description of Carthage in Appian's "Punic war." The Carthage of to-day. The cathedral and its environs. The Lavigerie museum at Carthage / by E.M. Stevens. Hanno's voyage round Africa

The "Periplus" / translated by T. Falconer. "Salammbô." Carthage before Hannibal. Hannibal. "Delenda est Carthago." The last of Carthage. The saints of Carthage. The Carthage of Virgil / [anonymous translation from the Aeneid, pub. in 1816]

II. Tunis : what I saw in Tunis. What others have seen in Tunis : the Jew in Tunis. Cemeteries and religious observances. Superstition in Tunis / by E.M. Stevens. Bedouins / by E.M. Stevens. A Tunisian harem and the tombs of the beys / by E.M. Stevens. Sport and camp-life in Tunisia / by J.I.S. Whitaker. A visit to Kairouan and Soussa / by Sylvia von Pernull. Other towns to visit in Tunisia. Tourist information.

Notes:

Paged continuously ; vol. I : xxiv, 311 p.; vol. II : x, 313-663 p.

OCLC:

1064560