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There's a far-away land, where the sun ever shines
That is set in a sea of blue,
Where song-birds are singing and flowers are springing
The summer and winter through.
We're off for that land, fair Italy's land,
To share in its song and its play.
The Sunbonnet Babies shall be our guide--
Our own little Molly and May.]
THE SUNBONNET BABIES
IN ITALY
[Illustration:
_The_
SUNBONNET BABIES
IN ITALY
_By EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER_
_Author of "The Sunbonnet Babies' Primer," "The Sunbonnet
Babies in Holland," "The Overall Boys,"
"The Overall Boys in Switzerland"_
ILLUSTRATED BY
BERTHA CORBETT MELCHER
AND
JAMES McCRACKEN
RAND McNALLY & COMPANY
_Chicago_ _New York_ _London_]
_Copyright, 1922, by_
EULALIE OSGOOD GROVER
All rights reserved in all countries
[Illustration]
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_To
the many little friends of the
+SUNBONNET BABIES+
who have shared
in their happy journeyings_
[Illustration: THE CONTENTS]
PAGE
THE ARRIVAL AT NAPLES 9
THE FIRST DRIVE 18
SEEING STRANGE SIGHTS 26
A VISIT TO THE MUSEUM 40
AN AFTERNOON IN THE PARK 48
THE BURIED CITY 60
A LONG DRIVE 70
PIRATES 82
THE HUMPBACKED ISLAND 96
IN THE CITY OF ROME 116
THE STORY OF THE TWINS 132
TRAVEL ADVENTURES 142
THE CITY IN THE SEA 158
THE GONDOLIER'S HOME 172
_A Letter to the Boys and Girls_ 185
_Pronunciation Guide for Italian Words_ 188
[Illustration: The Arrival at Naples]
[Illustration: _A map showing the places the Sunbonnet Babies visited
in Italy_]
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