73

THE BURIAL PLACE OF KEATS AND SHELLEY--By
Nathaniel Parker Willis 75

EXCURSIONS NEAR ROME--By Charles Dickens 78

II--FLORENCE

THE APPROACH BY CARRIAGE ROAD--By Nathaniel
Hawthorne 83

THE OLD PALACE AND THE LOGGIA--By Theophile
Gautier 86

THE ORIGINS OF THE CITY--By Grant Allen 92

THE CATHEDRAL--By Hippolyte Adolphe
Taine 96

THE ASCENT OF THE DOME OF BRUNELLESCHI--By
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin H. Blashfield 102

ARNOLFO, GIOTTO AND BRUNELLESCHI--By
Mrs. Oliphant 106

GHIBERTI'S GATES--By Charles Yriarte 116

THE PONTE VECCHIO--By Charles Yriarte 119

SANTA CROCE--By Charles Yriarte 121

THE UFFIZI GALLERY--By Hippolyte Adolphe
Taine 125

FLORENCE EIGHTY YEARS AGO--By William
Cullen Bryant 131

III--VENICE

THE APPROACH FROM THE SEA--By Charles
Yriarte 138

THE APPROACH BY TRAIN--By the Editor 140

A TOUR OF THE GRAND CANAL--By Theophile
Gautier 143

ST. MARK'S CHURCH--By John Ruskin 148

HOW THE OLD CAMPANILE WAS BUILT--By
Horatio F. Brown 155

HOW THE CAMPANILE FELL--By Horatio F.
Brown 161

THE PALACE OF THE DOGES--By John Ruskin 163

THE LAGOONS--By Horatio F. Brown 174

THE DECLINE AMID SPLENDOR--By Hippolyte
Adolphe Taine 177

THE DOVES OF ST. MARK'S--By Horatio F.
Brown 183

TORCELLO, THE MOTHER CITY--By John Ruskin 186

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