[Footnote 56: The modern account of Athens, and the
Athenians, is extracted from Spon, (Voyage en Grece, tom.
ii. p. 79 - 199,) and Wheeler, (Travels into Greece, p. 337
- 414,) Stuart, (Antiquities of Athens, passim,) and
Chandler, (Travels into Greece, p. 23 - 172.) The first of
these travellers visited Greece in the year 1676; the last,
1765; and ninety years had not produced much difference in
the tranquil scene.]