A visit to Greece, in 1823 and 1824. By George Waddington, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge, and author of Travels in Ethiopia.

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A German translation, with a preface by Dr. Schott, was published in Frankfurt in 1825 as "Besuch in Griechenland, in den Jahren 1823 und 1824".

George Waddington was an Anglican clergyman, who later became dean of Durham Cathedral.

References: Blackmer 1755; Δρούλια 900; Δρούλια 691 (German translation)

Second edition. The first edition was published earlier the same year.

Though not an avowed philhellene, Waddington gives a sensitive and realistic account of the condition of the country and its people in the immediate aftermath of the Greek War of Independence. The work consists of a series of letters, dated 1823-1824, which give an overview of the insurrection as well as a description of contemporary life and the places the author visited. Among others, Waddington gives information on the Philike Etaireia, the massacre of Chios in 1822, events in Athens during 1821-1824 and the siege of the Acropolis, Catholicism in Syros, Naxos and Tinos, the Greek navy and the condition of countless Greek refugees.