The Gulf Of Pleasure Author:Alan Ross Text extracted from opening pages of book: THE GULF OF PLEASURE THE GULF OF PLEASURE * BY ALAN ROSS GEORGE WEIDENFBLD & NICOLSON LTD London 7 CORK STREET WI Contents PART ONE . DESCRIPTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS Ischia . page 13 Naples . page 80 Procida . page 82 Capri . page 93 Seven Poems . page 95 PART TWO . HISTORY AND ASSOCIATIONS History of Isc... more »hia and Procida . page 105 Medical Antiquities . page 113 A Historical Anthology . page 125 Bibliography . page 167 Index . page 171 Illustrations i. View of Naples from Posilippo . facing page 16 2. Ischia. The Castle and Monte Epomeo . facing page 17 3. Ischia. Lacco . facing page 32 4. Ischia. Ponte . facing page 33 5. View from Monte Epomeo . facing page 48 6. A Woman of Procida . facing page 49 7. View from Vesuvius . facing page 64 8. View from the Convent of the Camaldoli . facing page 65 9. Local Dress . facing page 112 10. The Valley of Atrio di Cavallo . facing page 113 il. Vesuvius in Eruption . facing page 128 12. Pozzuoli . facing page 129 13. The Grotto of Posilippo . facing page 144 14. The Temple of Isis at Pompeii . facing page 145 The illustrations, except Nos. 4, 5, 6, and 9, and end-papers were drawn by Fabris for Sir William Hamilton's Campi Phlegraei, 1776 Note In compiling die material for the second half of the book I must acknow ledge many debts; principally to Mr Gavin Ewart, by whom are the transla tions from various Italian sources, and who has helped me greatly in collecting material for the anthology; to Mr Archibald Colquhoun, for the use of his invaluable list of boob; to Dr R Montanari, recently Cultural Attach^ to the Italian Embassy; and to my father-in-law, Sir Geoffrey Fry, Bart, for the book from which nearly all the illustrations have been reproduced. London 1950 ALAN ROSS« less