Charles Dudley Warner CONTENTS Click on the ## before each title to go directly to a linked index of the detailed chapters and illustrations ## In a Garden and Calvin ## Backlog Studies ## Baddeck and That Sort of Thing ## Saunterings ## In the Wilderness ## Spring in New England ## Captain John Smith ## Pocahantas ## Being a Boy ## On Horseback ## Washington Irving ## Their Pilgrimage ## Little Journey in the World ## The Golden House ## That Fortune ## Complete essays ## Our Italy My Winter on the Nile Studies in The South, and West, and Canada In The Levant VOLUMES, CHAPTERS AND STORIES In a Garden & Calvin INTRODUCTORY LETTER BY WAY OF DEDICATION PRELIMINARY FIRST WEEK SECOND WEEK THIRD WEEK FOURTH WEEK FIFTH WEEK SIXTH WEEK SEVENTH WEEK EIGHTH WEEK NINTH WEEK TENTH WEEK ELEVENTH WEEK TWELFTH WEEK THIRTEENTH WEEK FOURTEENTH WEEK FIFTEENTH WEEK SIXTEENTH WEEK SEVENTEENTH WEEK EIGHTEENTH WEEK NINETEENTH WEEK CALVIN Backlog Studies FIRST STUDY I II III IV SECOND STUDY I II III IV THIRD STUDY I II III IV FOURTH STUDY FIFTH STUDY I II III IV V SIXTH STUDY I II III SEVENTH STUDY EIGHTH STUDY I II III NINTH STUDY I II III IV TENTH STUDY I II III ELEVENTH STUDY Baddeck and That Sort of Thing PREFACE I II III IV V Saunterings MISAPPREHENSIONS CORRECTED PARIS AND LONDON PARIS IN MAY—FRENCH GIRLS—THE EMPEROR AT LONGCHAMPS AN IMPERIAL REVIEW THE LOW COUNTRIES AND RHINELAND GHENT AND ANTWERP AMSTERDAM COLOGNE AND ST. URSULA A GLIMPSE OF THE RHINE HEIDELBERG ALPINE NOTES HEARING THE FREIBURG ORGAN—FIRST SIGHT OF LAKE LEMAN OUR ENGLISH FRIENDS THE DILIGENCE TO CHAMOUNY THE MAN WHO SPEAKS ENGLISH A WALK TO THE GORNER GRAT THE BATHS OF LEUK OVER THE GEMMI BAVARIA. A CITY OF COLOR A CITY LIVING ON THE PAST OUTSIDE ASPECTS OF MUNICH THE MILITARY LIFE OF MUNICH THE EMANCIPATION OF MUNICH FASHION IN THE STREETS THE GOTTESACKER AND BAVARIAN FUNERALS THE OCTOBER FEST THE PEASANTS AND THE KING INDIAN SUMMER A TASTE OF ULTRAMONTANISM CHANGING QUARTERS CHRISTMAS TIME-MUSIC LOOKING FOR WARM WEATHER RAVENNA DOWN TO THE PINETA DANTE AND BYRON RESTING-PLACE OF CAESARS—PICTURE OF A BEAUTIFUL HERETIC A HIGH DAY IN ROME VESUVIUS SORRENTO DAYS THE VILLA NARDI SEA AND SHORE ON TOP OF THE HOUSE THE PRICE OF ORANGES FASCINATION MONKISH PERCHES A DRY TIME CHILDREN OF THE SUN SAINT ANTONINO PUNTA DELLA CAMPANELLA CAPRI THE STORY OF FIAMMETTA ST. MARIA A CASTELLO THE MYTH OF THE SIRENS In the Wilderness I. HOW I KILLED A BEAR II. LOST IN THE WOODS III. A FIGHT WITH A TROUT IV. A-HUNTING OF THE DEER V. A CHARACTER STUDY VI. CAMPING OUT VII. A WILDERNESS ROMANCE VIII. WHAT SOME PEOPLE CALL PLEASURE Spring in New England Captain John Smith PREFACE I. BIRTH AND TRAINING II. FIGHTING IN HUNGARY III. CAPTIVITY AND WANDERING IV. FIRST ATTEMPTS IN VIRGINIA V. FIRST PLANTING OF THE COLONY VI. QUARRELS AND HARDSHIPS VII. SMITH TO THE FRONT VIII. THE FAMOUS CHICKAHOMINY VOYAGE IX. SMITH'S WAY WITH THE INDIANS X. DISCOVERY OF THE CHESAPEAKE XI. SMITH'S PRESIDENCY AND PROWESS XII. TRIALS OF THE SETTLEMENT XIII. SMITH'S LAST DAYS IN VIRGINIA XIV. THE COLONY WITHOUT SMITH XV. NEW ENGLAND ADVENTURES XVI. NEW ENGLAND'S TRIALS XVII. WRITINGS-LATER YEARS XVIII. DEATH AND CHARACTER Pocahantas Being a Boy I. BEING A BOY II. THE BOY AS A FARMER III. THE DELIGHTS OF FARMING IV. NO FARMING WITHOUT A BOY V. THE BOY'S SUNDAY VI. THE GRINDSTONE OF LIFE VII. FICTION AND SENTIMENT VIII. THE COMING OF THANKSGIVING IX. THE SEASON OF PUMPKIN-PIE X. FIRST EXPERIENCE OF THE WORLD XI. HOME INVENTIONS XII. THE LONELY FARMHOUSE XIII. JOHN'S FIRST PARTY XIV. THE SUGAR CAMP XV. THE HEART OF NEW ENGLAND XVI. JOHN'S REVIVAL XVII. WAR XVIII. COUNTRY SCENES XIX. A CONTRAST TO THE NEW ENGLAND BOY On Horseback I II III IV Washington Irving EDITOR'S NOTE I. PRELIMINARY II. BOYHOOD III. MANHOOD—FIRST VISIT TO EUROPE IV. SOCIETY AND "SALMAGUNDI" V. THE KNICKERBOCKER PERIOD VI. LIFE IN EUROPE—LITERARY ACTIVITY VII. IN SPAIN VIII. RETURN TO AMERICA—SUNNYSIDE—THE MISSION TO MADRID IX. THE CHARACTERISTIC WORKS X. LAST YEARS—THE CHARACTER OF HIS LITERATURE Their Pilgrimage I. FORTRESS MONROE II. CAPE MAY, ATLANTIC CITY III. THE CATSKILLS IV. NEWPORT V. NARRAGANSETT PIER AND NEWPORT AGAIN; MARTHA'S VINEYARD AND PLYMOUTH VI. MANCHESTER-BY-THE-SEA, ISLES OF SHOALS VII. BAR HARBOR VIII. NATURAL BRIDGE, WHITE SULFUR IX. OLD SWEET AND WHITE SULFUR X. LONG BRANCH, OCEAN GROVE XI. SARATOGA XII. LAKE GEORGE, AND SARATOGA AGAIN XIII. RICHFIELD SPRINGS, COOPERSTOWN XIV. NIAGARA XV. THE THOUSAND ISLES XVI. WHITE MOUNTAINS, LENNOX Little Journey in the World INTRODUCTORY SKETCH I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII The Golden House I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII XIX XX XXI XXII XXII XXIV I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII

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Our Italy

CHAP. PAGE
I. HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE 1
II. OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN 10
III. EARLY VICISSITUDES.—PRODUCTIONS.—SANITARY CLIMATE 24
IV. THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT 42
V. HEALTH AND LONGEVITY 52
VI. IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE? 65
VII. THE WINTER ON THE COAST 72
VIII. THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.—LAND AND PRICES 90
IX. THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION 99
X. THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS 107
XI. SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT 114
XII. HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET.—FURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES 128
XIII. THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD 140
XIV. A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES 146
XV. SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY.—YOSEMITE.—MARIPOSA TREES.—MONTEREY 148
XVI. FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT.—THE LAGUNA PUEBLO 163
XVII. THE HEART OF THE DESERT 177
XVIII. ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CAÑON.—THE UNIQUE MARVEL OF NATURE 189
APPENDIX 201
INDEX 219