Identifier: macedoniapleafor00goff (find matches)
Title: Macedonia, a plea for the primitive
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Goff, A Fawcett, Hugh Alderson
Subjects: Macedonia -- Description and travel Macedonia
Publisher: London : John Lane New York, John Lane company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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rmounted bytwo gilt wooden doves and hung by a lacquered-tinchain ! Such are some of the extraordinary incon-gruities one sees on all sides and which are sotypical of the modern Greek, and very reminiscentof that mid-Victorian period in England when artwas at its lowest ebb. Yet in spite of this and although the generaleffect is bizarre, it is none the less pleasing. Theold and beautiful eclipses the modern and ugly,and is, perhaps, by force of contrast (one of thechief laws of art) rendered all the more piquantand costly. The wild rough setting of the monas-teries, the purposeless variety and confusion ofideas and style, the old masonry, the air of peaceand mystery, the sparkling atmosphere and thewonderful history are all factors helping to instilthat awe, wonder and interest that no visitor canfail to feel. Moreover, the simplicity of theirlives, the ready hospitality and old-fashionedcourtesy of the monks themselves are surprisinglyrefreshing and gratifying in these days of super-
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A CORNKK, KARYKS MONASIKKV,MOUNT ATHOS PLACES OF INTEREST 239 civilization and mechanical artificiality, when thesimplest pleasures, even necessities of life, arevalued in figures of gold and silver. Thus, inde-pendent of the value of money, unambitious,easily contented and non-pleasure seeking, themonk achieves the perfection of existence witha minimum proportion of the worlds good^. i THE STRUMA PLAIN As already stated, the contour of Macedonia isexceedingly irregular and rugged. Mountainousscenery predominates, and it is only here andthere at wide intervals that the traveller comesupon a stretch of flat fertile country. For herseeming parsimony in providing so much un-fruitful land in the mountains. Nature has en-deavoured to compensate with a lavish hand inthe richness of the plains. These are well-sheltered,well-watered and remarkably adapted for thecultivation of an extraordinary variety of valuableproducts. Of the very few fertile tracts withwhich Macedonia is blessed, one of t

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