Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . High. This palace is an uninteresting con-struction stretching stiffly across the water-side of theesplanade, and cutting off the view of the harbor. It isnow the property of the King of Greece, but at presentit is seldom occupied. While we were at Corfu itsghostliness was enlivened for a while; Prince Henry ofPrussia was there with his wife. They had left theiryacht (if so large a vessel as the Irene can be called ayacht), and were spending a week at the palace. Anhour after their departure entrance was again permit-ted, and an old man, still trembling from the exci
Mentone, Cairo and Corfu . High. This palace is an uninteresting con-struction stretching stiffly across the water-side of theesplanade, and cutting off the view of the harbor. It isnow the property of the King of Greece, but at presentit is seldom occupied. While we were at Corfu itsghostliness was enlivened for a while; Prince Henry ofPrussia was there with his wife. They had left theiryacht (if so large a vessel as the Irene can be called ayacht), and were spending a week at the palace. Anhour after their departure entrance was again permit-ted, and an old man, still trembling from the excite-ment of the royal sojourn, conducted us from room toroom. All was ugly. Fading flowers in the vasesshowed that an attempt had been made to brighten theplace; but the visitors must have been endowed with astrong- natural cheerfulness to withstand with success 293 such a mixture of the commonplace and the dreary asthe palace presents. They had the magnificent view tolook at, and there was always the graceful silhouette of. THE PALACE the Irene out on the water. She could come up at anytime and take them away; it was this, probably, thatkept them alive. If the palace is ordinary, what shall be said of anothermemento which adorns the esplanade ? This is a high,narrow building, so uncouth that it causes a smile. Itlooks raw, bare, and so primitive that if it had a pulleyat the top it might be taken for a warehouse erected onthe bank of a canal in one of our Western towns; onesees in imagination canal-boats lying beneath, and bulg-ing sacks going up or down. Yet this is nothing lessthan that University of the Ionian Islands which wasfounded by the Earl of Guildford early in this century,the epoch of English enthusiasm for Greece, the days ofthe Philhellenes. Lord Guildford, who was one of thedistinguished North family, gave largely of his fortuneand of his time to establish this university. Con-temporary records speak of him as an amiable noble-man. But after seeing his touching!y
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