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PART III

.—1842 AND 43.

LETTER I. PAGE PRAGUE 1

LETTER II. MÜLCHEN.—BUDWEIS.—LINZ 10

LETTER III. THE TRAUN.—THE GMUNDEN-SEE.—ISHL.—ST. WOLFGANG LAKE.—SALZBURG 22

LETTER IV. ENTRANCE TO THE TYROL.—VILLAGE FÊTE.—PASS STRUB.—SWARTZ.—INSPRUCK 37

LETTER V. THE PASS OF THE BRENNER.—HOFER.—BRESSANONE.—EGRA.—TRENT.—RIVA.—LAGO DI GARDA.—PROMONTORY OF SIRMIO 48

LETTER VI. VERONA.—JOURNEY TO VENICE.—LEONE BIANCO.—HOTEL D’ITALIA 74

LETTER VII. THE DUCAL PALACE.—THE ACCADEMIA DELLE BELLE ARTI 82

LETTER VIII. CHIESA DE’ FRARI.—SAN GIORGIO MAGGIORE.—SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE.—LIDO.—THE GIUDECCA.—THE FONDAMENTI NUOVI.—THE ISLANDS.—THE ARMENIAN CONVENT 92

LETTER IX. FREE PORT.—VENETIAN SOCIETY.—TITLES OF THE NOBILITY.—THE DOTTI.—INFANT SCHOOL 103

LETTER X. VENETIAN PALACES.—GONDOLIERI.—BASILICA OF ST. MARK.—OPERA.—ILLUMINATION OF THE FENICE 119

LETTER XI. JOURNEY TO FLORENCE.—COLD AND RAINY SEASON.—EXCURSION TO VALLOMBROSA 131

LETTER XII. ART AT FLORENCE.—COSIMO ROSSELLI.—GHIRLANDAJO.—BEATO FRA ANGELICO.—POCCETTI.—LATER FLORENTINE SCHOOL 140

LETTER XIII. THE GALLERY.—PALAZZO PITTI.—LE BELLE ARTI.—PORTRAIT OF DANTE.—THE CHURCHES 152

LETTER XIV. THE CARBONARI 161

LETTER XV. TUSCANY 181

LETTER XVI. ITALIAN LITERATURE.—MANZONI.—NICCOLINI.—COLLETTA.—AMARI 190

LETTER XVII. VOYAGE TO ROME 212

LETTER XVIII. RAFFAELLE AT ROME 216

LETTER XIX. RUINS OF ROME.—THE HOLY WEEK.—MUSIC AND ILLUMINATIONS 225

LETTER XX. THE PONTIFICAL STATES 234

CHAPTER XXI. INSURRECTION OF 1831, AND OCCUPATION OF ANCONA BY THE FRENCH 249

LETTER XXII. SORRENTO.—CAPRI.—POMPEII 262

LETTER XXIII. EXCURSION TO AMALFI 280

RAMBLES

IN

GERMANY AND ITALY.