RAMBLES
IN
GERMANY AND ITALY,
IN
1840, 1842, AND 1843.
BY
MRS. SHELLEY.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
EDWARD MOXON, DOVER STREET.
MDCCCXLIV.
O vedovate da perpetuo gelo
Terre, e d’incerto di mest sorriso,
Addio! * * * Questo petto anelo
Scosse di gioia un palpito improvviso,
Quando il Tiranno splendido del cielo
Mi rivelò d’ Italia il paradiso.—NICCOLINI.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, PRINTERS WHITEFRIARS.
CONTENTS.
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