SICILY, BATTLE-FIELD OF NATIONS AND OF NATURE 



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Photos by Mrs George C. Bosson, Jr., and 

 Madame Helene Philippe of Chicago 



SCENES IN TAORMIN A AND SYRACUSE, SICILY 



The poverty of Sicilians today is a sad contrast to the wealth of the islanders in ancient 

 and medieval times. The soil is as productive as in the days when Sicily was the garden of 

 the Mediterranean. 



