by John Addington Symonds
Contents
PREFATORY NOTE
SKETCHES AND STUDIES IN ITALY AND GREECE
VOLUME I.
THE LOVE OF THE ALPS [1]
WINTER NIGHTS AT DAVOS I
BACCHUS IN GRAUBuNDEN I
OLD TOWNS OF PROVENCE
THE CORNICE
AJACCIO
MONTE GENEROSO
LOMBARD VIGNETTES ON THE SUPERGA
COMO AND IL MEDEGHINO
BERGAMO AND BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI
CREMA AND THE CRUCIFIX
CHERUBINO AT THE SCALA THEATRE I
A VENETIAN MEDLEY I. FIRST IMPRESSIONS AND FAMILIARITY
THE GONDOLIER'S WEDDING
A CINQUE CENTO BRUTUS I. THE SESTIERE DI SAN POLO
TWO DRAMATISTS OF THE LAST CENTURY
VOLUME II.
RAVENNA
RIMINI SIGISMONDO PANDOLFO MALATESTA AND LEO BATTISTA ALBERTI
MAY IN UMBRIA FROM ROME TO TERNI
THE PALACE OF URBINO I
VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI AND THE TRAGEDY OF WEBSTER I
AUTUMN WANDERINGS I. ITALIAM PETIMUS
PARMA
CANOSSA
FORNOVO
POPULAR SONGS OF TUSCANY
POPULAR ITALIAN POETRY OF THE RENAISSANCE
ORFEO
EIGHT SONNETS OF PETRARCH
VOLUME III.
FOLGORE DA SAN GEMIGNANO
THOUGHTS IN ITALY ABOUT CHRISTMAS
SIENA
MONTE OLIVETO I
MONTEPULCIANO I
PERUGIA
ORVIETO
LUCRETIUS
ANTINOUS
SPRING WANDERINGS
AMALFI, PAESTUM, CAPRI
ETNA
PALERMO
SYRACUSE AND GIRGENTI
ATHENS
CHAPTER II THEORIES
CHAPTER III ON THE SUBJECT OF JANITORS
CHAPTER IV THE ANGEL AND THE AGENT
CHAPTER V HOW WE TAMED THE COOK
CHAPTER VI THE BEST MAN'S STORY
CHAPTER VII THE PRICE OF QUIET
CHAPTER VIII MOVING
CHAPTER IX HOW BEE TRIED TO MAKE US SMART
CHAPTER X OUR FIRST HOUSE-PARTY
CHAPTER XI ON THE GENTLE ART OF WASTING OTHER PEOPLE'S TIME
CHAPTER XII A LETTER FROM JIMMIE
CHAPTER XIII THE BREAKING UP OF MARY
CHAPTER XIV AND THEY LIVED HAPPY EVER AFTER