"The Mediterranean: Its Storied Cities and Venerable Ruins" by Grant Allen, T. G. Bonney, H. D. Trail, Arthur Griffiths, and E. A. R. Ball is a collection of fascinating essays about the cities, ruins, and cultures of the Mediterranean. pillars of Hercules, Algiers, Malaga, Barcelona, Marseilles, Nice, the French Riviera, Genoa, the Tuscan coast, Venice, Alexandria, Malta, Sicily and Naples are all described along with accompanying pictures.