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Venice.--Gondolas and Gondoliers.--Shylock.--The Rialto.-- The Giant's Staircase.--The Lion's Mouth.--Terrible Dungeons.--Square of St. Mark.--The Bronze Horses.--Church of St. Mark.--Titian's Monument.--Canova's Monument.-- Cathedrals and Pictures.--Florence.--Art in the Streets.-- The Uffizi Gallery.--Old Masters in Battalions.--Hall of Niobe.--Cabinet of Gems.--Michael Angelo's House.--The Duomo.--The Campanile.--Church of Santa Croce.--Michael Angelo's Statuary.--Florentine Mosaics.--Medicean Chapel. --Pitti Palace.--Halls of the Gods.--The Cascine.--Powers, the Sculptor. 487-530

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