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Title: Castellinaria
and Other Sicilian Diversions
Author: Henry Festing Jones
Release Date: April 15, 2008 [eBook #25077]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII)
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CASTELLINARIA
AND OTHER SICILIAN DIVERSIONS
BY
HENRY FESTING JONES
[Picture: Title page]
LONDON: A. C. FIFIELD 1920
_First Published_ . . . 1911
_Re-issued_ . . . 1920
AL
CARO * COMPARE
ALBERTO * AUGUGLIARO
DI * MONTE * ERICE
ALLA
CARA * COMARE
GIUSEPPINA * AUGUGLIARO
E
A * TUTTI
GLI * AMICI * SICILIANI
CHE
GAREGGIANDO
IN
CORTESIA * OSPITALITA * AFFEZIONE
HANNO * FATTO
DELLA * LORO * ISOLA
UNA * SECONDA * PATRIA
PER
L'AUTORE * RICONOSCENTE
PREFACE
It is probable that every book contains, besides misprints, some
statements which the author would be glad to modify if he could. In
Chapter V of _Diversions in Sicily_ it is stated that the seating
arrangements of the marionette theatre in Catania would be condemned by
the County Council, which I believe to be correct, but, on visiting the
theatre since, I find I was wrong in saying that there are no passages; I
did not see them on my first visit because the audience hid them.
Again, in Chapter XVI it is stated that Giovanni
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