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Show ' Ancient Arcadia.' In ancient Greece, the province of Arcadia wai the central and most mountainous portion of ths Peloponnesus, Pelopon-nesus, or southernmost end of the Grecian peninsula, peopled by peasants peas-ants of a peaceful and distinctly lovable lov-able disposition. So famous did this province become for tlie simplicity and innocence of Its Inhabitants, that Its name became a symbol of happiness and rural simplicity, later to be adopted adopt-ed by poets among them Sir Philip i Sidney as the foundation for romances, ro-mances, In which this type of life played 8 loading part |