. William H. Seward's travels around the world. A GREEK WOMAN. ceptions, are modern, but crowded too densely. We took lodgingsat the Hotel dAngleterre, at the foot of the beautiful gardens of BRIDGE AT ELEUSIS. 629 the Koyal Palace. The fields round Athens ai;e brown from a longdrought, but the monotony is relieved by a wide belt of olive-trees. BRIDGE AT BLET7SIS. which stretch behind the city, and in the valley quite to the foot ofHymettus. The cloudless atmosphere imparts to the mountainsthat deep-azure hue which enthusiastic writers call the violetcrown of Athens. The Ilyssus, like most of
. William H. Seward's travels around the world. A GREEK WOMAN. ceptions, are modern, but crowded too densely. We took lodgingsat the Hotel dAngleterre, at the foot of the beautiful gardens of BRIDGE AT ELEUSIS. 629 the Koyal Palace. The fields round Athens ai;e brown from a longdrought, but the monotony is relieved by a wide belt of olive-trees. BRIDGE AT BLET7SIS. which stretch behind the city, and in the valley quite to the foot ofHymettus. The cloudless atmosphere imparts to the mountainsthat deep-azure hue which enthusiastic writers call the violetcrown of Athens. The Ilyssus, like most of the classic streamsof Europe, is a disappointment to the American traveller. 630 EUROPE. June 2Sth.—Mr. Tuckerman, the able and accomplished UnitedStates minister, being absent from Greece, had arranged with theministry in regard to Mr. Sewards reception, and had left thelegation in the care of the United States consul, charged with theduty of announcing Mr. Sewards arrival. The consul met us at•the Piraeus, and has assiduously attended us during our stay inAthens. On our return last night from an excursion to Eleusis,we found a note from the chamberlain appointing eleven oclockthis morning for an audience with Queen Olga in the absence ofthe king, who is on a visit to Copenhagen. The palace is entirely modern and European. The youn
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