title: By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy (Marlboro Travel)
author:  George Gissing 
description: Gissing's early life was one of intense poverty elevated by a sound education. Armed with guidebooks and classical accounts, Gissing made two memorable trips to the Mediterranean: first to Rome and Athens in 1886, and eleven years later to Calabria and the wild Italian coast south of Naples, which resulted in this book.
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  Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
  
  
    
    
  [I. FROM NAPLES  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos4109)[II.
  PAOLA  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos14854)[III.
  THE GRAVE OF ALARIC  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos27289)[IV.
  TARANTO  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos41999)[V.
  DULCE GALÆSI FLUMEN  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos54649)[VI.
  THE TABLE OF THE PALADINS  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos66622)[VII.
  COTRONE  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos82122)[VIII.
  FACES BY THE WAY  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos96882)[IX.
  MY FRIEND THE DOCTOR  
    
  ](By%20the%20Ionian%20Sea_%20Notes%20of%20a%20R_split_001.html#filepos111449)[X.
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