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NEW

ITALIAN SKETCHES.

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS,

AUTHOR OF "SKETCHES IN ITALY," ETC.

COPYRIGHT EDITION.

LEIPZIG

BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ

1884.

The Right of Translation is reserved.

PREFATORY NOTE.

This volume of New Italian Sketches has been made up from two books published in England and America under the titles of "Sketches and Studies in Italy" and "Italian Byways." It forms in some respects a companion volume to my "Sketches in Italy" already published in the Tauchnitz Collection of British Authors. But it is quite independent of that other book, and is in no sense a continuation of it. In making the selection, I have however followed the same principles of choice. That is to say, I have included only those studies of places, rather than of literature or history, which may suit the needs of travellers in Italy.

JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS.

DAVOS PLATZ, Dec. 1883.

CHRISTIAN BUOL AND CHRISTIAN PALMY

MY FRIENDS AND FELLOW-TRAVELLERS

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK.

CONTENTS

Page AUTUMN WANDERINGS 11

MONTE OLIVETO 34

MONTEPULCIANO 57

SPRING WANDERINGS 84

MAY IN UMBRIA 106

THE PALACE OF URBINO 138

A VENETIAN MEDLEY 169

THE GONDOLIER'S WEDDING 212

FORNOVO 238