BAUDRY'S EUROPEAN LIBRARY,

3, QUAI MALAQUAIS, NEAR THE PONT DES ARTS,

AND STASSIN AND XAVIER, RUE DU COQ, NEAR THE LOUVRE.

SOLD ALSO BY AMYOT, RUE DE LA PAIX; TRUCHY, BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS;
GIRARD FRERES, RUE RICHELIEU; LEOPOLD MICHELSEN, LEIPSIC; AND
BY ALL THE PRINCIPAL BOOKSELLERS ON THE CONTINENT.

1841. 131

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REGIA
MONACENSIS.

Imprimerie de J. Smith, rue Fontaine-au-Roi, n. 14 (bis).

CONTENTS.

ROME -Villa Palatina-Last Visit-Mr. Mills-Sir William Gell-Mr.
and Mrs. Dodwell-Baron Mortier
1-3
TERNI.-Visit to the Grave of Sir William Drummond-Monument to Miss
Bathurst-Count Paul Esterhazy-Waterfall
SPOLETTO.-Temple of Concord-Aqueduct-Church of St. Filippo

Neri.

LORETTO.-The Santa Casa-Toys

3-8

8-9

9-13

ANCONA.-Position of the Town-Colossal! Ship-Female Heroism-
Punch
13-17
RAVENNA-An Execution-Popish Intolerance-Cardinal Rivarola-
Absurd Regulation-Tyranny-Lord Byron-The Palazzo Guiccioli-
The Countess-Noblesse of Ravenna-Antiquities and Buildings—
Dante-Theodoric-The English in Italy
17-36
FERRARA.-Tomb of Ariosto-Library-Manuscripts of Ariosto, Tasso
and Guarini-Will of Tasso-Prison of Tasso-Soliloquy of Tasso-
Infirmities of Genius-Character of Ariosto
36-55
PADUA.-James Carrara-Gianvicenzo Pinelli-Library-Tomb of Livy -
Church of St. Antonio-University-Galileo-Columbus 55-61
VENICE.-Banks of the Brenta-Villa-First View of Venice, Canaletti—
Hotel The Piazza of St. Mark-Enrico Dandolo-The Giants' Stairs
-Treasures of Art-Bridge of Sighs-Palazzo Mocenigo, formerly in-
habited by Lord Byron-Moore and Byron at Venice-Italian Jew-
Marriage of the Doge and the Adriatic-Palaces-Inquisition-Mad-
house-Fête of Santa Maria Formosa-Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
-Academy of Arts-" Home and Hearth"-Poor Ranieri-Manufacture
of Glass-Armenian Convent-Father Pasquali-Palaces-The Mi-
chieli-Bianca Capello-Caterina Cornaro-The Foscari Palace-The
Rialto
61-127
PADUA.-House of Petrarch-Boccacio and Petrarch-Byron and the
Countess Guicccioli
127-130
VICENZA.-Bad Inn-Library-Theatre-Palladio-Churches and Pa-
laces-Church of Nostra Signora del Monte-Rotondo
VERONA.-Shakspeare-Excellent Hotel-Monument of Juliet—Amphi-
theatre-Principal Palaces and their Treasures-Monuments and
Churches-Maffei-The Libraries

-

130-135

135-146

DESENZANO.-The Fortress of Peschieri-Lago di Garda-River Mincio

-Catullus

146-148

MILAN.-The Duomo-Splendid Buildings-Triumphal Car-Arco della
Pace-Public Garden-Ambrosian Library-Lucretia Borgia-Leo-
nardo da Vinci-Pictures-Saint Carlo Borromeo-Santa Maria della
Grazie-The Last Supper-The Simmonetta-La Scala-Pavia—
Boethius-Dr. Scarpa-Battle of Pavia-The Certosa-Benvenuto Cel-
lini-Theodolinda-Gown of the Virgin
148-171

171

ARONA.-Colossal Statue of Saint Carlo Borromeo

LAVENO.-Borromean Islands-Isola Bella-Isola Madre-Isola Piscatore

-Return to Milan

171-173

BOLOGNA.-Fête of the Madonna-Church of St. Petronius-Professor
Mezzofanti-Palaces-Fountain of Neptune-The Asinelli Tower-Li-
brary-Paintings-Campo Santo

173-183

MODENA.-Gallery-Library-Museum-The Orsini Palace—“ Ginevra”

-Tarquinia Molza-The Brothers Grillenzone-Reggio-Birth-place

of Ariosto-Cathedral-Church of the Madonna della Ghiara-Library

-Theatre

183-187

PARMA.-Maria Louisa-Ducal Palace-Lord and Lady Burghersh-
Steccata Church-Palazzo di Giardino

187-189

PIACENZA.-Cathedral and Church of the Madonna della Campagna-

Equestrian Statues-Alberoni

189-190

GENOA.-Lord Byron-Mr. Barry-The Public Walks-Ada and Lady
Byron-Il Paradiso-The Opera-Family Group

190-195

THE

IDLER IN ITALY.

May 8th, 1828, half-past eleven at night.—The only melancholy hours that I ever passed at the beautiful Villa Palatina, were those which I spent there last evening. Our kind and amiable friend its owner, Mr. Mills, insisted that our last dinner at Rome should be partaken of beneath his roof, and collected some of the persons we most value to meet us. Will the same party ever again meet together? The thought occurred to me more than once during the evening, and added to my tristesse. Alas! who can hope, much less count, on what a short time may bring forth. Death is ever hovering within reach of his prey, and if the grim tyrant spares some, during a few brief years, he may snatch away those whose loss destroys all the happiness of the survivors.

Never did guests do so little honour to the recherché dinner given to them, as did those of Mr. Mills, yesterday. Schemes of future meeting, too faintly spoken to cheat into hope of their speedy fulfilment, furnished the general topic; and some were there, already stricken with maladies, the harbingers of death -and they, too, spoke of again meeting! Yet who can say whether the young and the healthy may not be summoned from life before those whose infirmities alarm us for their long continuance in it?

As my eyes glanced over the extensive view beheld from the windows of the Villa Palatina, embracing some of the finest ruins of Rome, I was so forcibly reminded of the instability of all earthly things, that I became almost ashamed of indulging in selfish melancholy for my own private regrets, in face of the desolation of the once proud scene before me. And there were with me two persons to whom every ruin, and every spot in view, were "familiar as household words;" men who had