146

HEAD OF MADONNA. PERUGINO.
Uffizi Gallery, Florence 186

THE DELPHIAN SIBYL. MICHAEL ANGELO.
Sistine Chapel, Rome 226

SAINT CECILIA. RAPHAEL.
Academy, Bologna 296

MARRIAGE OF SAINT CATHERINE. LUINI.
Poldi-Pezzoli Museum, Milan 350

ILLUSTRATIONS IN TEXT

_Pen and Ink Drawings made by Homer W. Colby_

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BARBARA'S HOME 15

A BIT OF GENOA 31

CHURCH OF THE ANNUNZIATA, FLORENCE 47

DUOMO AND CAMPANILE, FLORENCE 63

SANTA MARIA NOVELLA, FLORENCE 79

A GLIMPSE OF FLORENCE 95

CLOISTER, MUSEUM OF SAN MARCO, FLORENCE 109

PONTE ALLA CARRAJA, FLORENCE 125

PALAZZO PITTI, FLORENCE 141

SAN MINIATO AL MONTE, FLORENCE 159

ORVIETO CATHEDRAL 173

SAN FRANCESCO, ASSISI 191

RUINS OF FORUM, ROME 207

SAINT PETER'S AND CASTLE OF SAINT ANGELO, ROME 223

LOGGIA OF RAPHAEL, VATICAN, ROME 241

A BIT OF AMALFI 261

CAMPO SANTO, BOLOGNA 281

SAN MARCO, VENICE 301

GRAND CANAL AND RIALTO, VENICE 319

MILAN CATHEDRAL 337

PRELUDE.

Each day the world is born anew
For him who takes it rightly;
Not fresher that which Adam knew,
Not sweeter that whose moonlit dew
Entranced Arcadia nightly.

Rightly? That's simply: 'tis to see
_Some_ substance casts these shadows
Which we call Life and History,
That aimless seem to chase and flee
Like wind-gleams over meadows.

Simply? That's nobly: 'tis to know
That God may still be met with,
Nor groweth old, nor doth bestow
These senses fine, this brain aglow,
To grovel and forget with.

--JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL.

Chapter I.

The Unexpected Happens.

_And foorth they passe with pleasure forward led._

--SPENSER.

[Illustration: BARBARA'S HOME.]

"O Barbara! _do_ you think papa and mamma will let us go? _Can_ they
afford it? Just to think of Italy, and sunshine, and olive trees, and
cathedrals, and pictures! Oh, it makes me wild! Will