SKETCHES AND STUDIES

IN

ITALY AND GREECE

BY

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS

AUTHOR OF "RENAISSANCE IN ITALY", "STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS," ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES

LONDON

JOHN MURRAY,

ALBEMARLE STREET, W.

CONTENTS

VOLUME I.

• PREFATORY NOTE

• PAGE

• THE LOVE OF THE ALPS1

• WINTER NIGHTS AT DAVOS27

• BACCHUS IN GRAUBÜNDEN48

• OLD TOWNS OF PROVENCE68

• THE CORNICE83

• AJACCIO104

• LOMBARD VIGNETTES133

• COMO AND IL MEDEGHINO 173

• BERGAMO AND BARTOLOMMEO COLLEONI 190

• CREMA AND THE CRUCIFIX 209

• CHERUBINO AT THE SCALA THEATRE 223

• A VENETIAN MEDLEY 254

• THE GONDOLIER'S WEDDING 292

• A CINQUE CENTO BRUTUS 315

• TWO DRAMATISTS OF THE LAST CENTURY 345

• FOOTNOTES

VOLUME II.

• RAVENNA1

• MAY IN UMBRIA32

• THE PALACE OF URBINO50

• VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI88

• AUTUMN WANDERINGS127

• PARMA147

• CANOSSA163

• FORNOVO180

• FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI201

• THE DEBT OF ENGLISH TO ITALIAN LITERATURE258

• POPULAR SONGS OF TUSCANY276

• POPULAR ITALIAN POETRY OF THE RENAISSANCE305

• THE 'ORFEO' OF POLIZIANO345

• EIGHT SONNETS OF PETRARCH365

• FOOTNOTES

VOLUME III.

• FOLGORE DA SAN GEMIGNANO1

• THOUGHTS IN ITALY ABOUT CHRISTMAS21

• SIENA41

• MONTE OLIVETO66

• MONTEPULCIANO87

• PERUGIA111

• ORVIETO137

• LUCRETIUS155

• ANTINOUS184

• SPRING WANDERINGS184

• AMALFI, PÆSTUM, CAPRI250

• ETNA279

• PALERMO290

• SYRACUSE AND GIRGENTI319

• ATHENS339

• INDEX FOR ALL THREE VOLUMES365