160
The tale finished 161
Proposed travel 161
Party for the Reading 162

CHAPTER VII. 1844.

Pages 163-178.

ITALIAN TRAVEL. AET. 32.

Cities and people 163
Venice 164
Rapture of enjoyment 165
Aboard the city 165
What he saw and felt 165
Solitary thoughts 166
At Lodi 166
About paintings and engravings 167
Titian and Tintoretto 168
Conventionalities 169
Monks and painters 169
The inns 170
Compensation for discomfort 170
Brave C of his _Pictures_ 171
Louis Roche of Avignon 171
Dinner at the Peschiere 172
Custom-house officers 173
At Milan and Strasburg 173
Passing the Simplon 174
In London 174
A Reading in Lincoln's-inn-fields 174
Persons present 175
Success of the visit 175
In Paris with Macready 176
Origin of our private play 176
A recognition at Marseilles 177
Friendly Americans 177
On board for Genoa 177
Information for travellers 178

CHAPTER VIII. 1845.

Pages 179-200.

LAST MONTHS IN ITALY. AET. 33.

Birthday gift for eldest son 179
Suspicious "Characters" 180
Jesuit interferences 180
Birth of 1845