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Addressed to her niece Isabel Howland, who Emily Howland is glad has returned home safely. Discusses her travel through Athens and Eleusis with her niece Edith Howland, making observations about Greek culture, fashion, architecture, and flora. Remarks on the lack of established tourism industry, and compares Roman Catholic priests and churches to Greek Orthodox ones. Also comments on the high cost of their hotel, saying "It may be we pay more for the honor of having men for chambermaids. We women have heard a great deal about the danger of getting out of our sphere and have been often ridiculed by the depicting of just such exchanges of place as we find here, one of the speakers before the Boston Com. of Leg. [sp] supposed just such a state of things as exists in this house as one of the monstrosities to follow granting civil rights to women. I wonder if the working women of Athens feel so horrified at the men getting out of their sphere." Mentions their plan to travel to Constantinople.