ON THE GEOGRAPHY OF GREECE BY THE REV. HENRY FANSHAWE TOZER, M.A., F.R.G.S. TUTOR AND LATE FELLOW OF EXETER COLLEGE, OXFORD, AUTHOR OF WITH MAP. LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET 7236 F329 766 TO THE VERY REVEREND ARTHUR PENRHYN STANLEY, D.D. DEAN OF WESTMINSTER, WHO HAS DONE MORE THAN ANY LIVING MAN TO PROMOTE THE INTELLIGENT STUDY OF HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY HIS SINCERE FRIEND AND FORMER PUPIL THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. THESE Lectures were delivered at Oxford in Michaelmas Term 1872, as one of a number of courses voluntarily undertaken by members of the University on subjects indirectly connected with the usual studies. On being requested to lecture on Greek Geography, the Author set himself to consider in what way the subject might most profitably be treated; and as the topography had already been given in considerable detail in the excellent articles in Dr. Smith's Dictionary of Geography, it appeared best to attempt (1) to enable students to form a more real conception of the country from the impressions of one who at various times has travelled over most of it: (2) to give a brief summary of the principal physical conditions by which the Greeks were influenced (3) to sketch the connection of the geo-graphy and the history, starting from the geographical point of view: (4) to draw attention to one or two subjects, which have hitherto been but slightly noticed. |