_Reprinted_ _June, 1902_
_Reprinted_ _November, 1905_
_Reprinted_ _December, 1907_
_Reprinted_ _February, 1914_
_Taken over by John Murray_ _January, 1917_



_Printed in Great Britain at_ THE BALLANTYNE PRESS _by_ SPOTTISWOODE,
BALLANTYNE & Co. LTD. _Colchester, London & Eton_




CONTENTS

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RAVENNA 1
RIMINI 14
MAY IN UMBRIA 32
THE PALACE OF URBINO 50
VITTORIA ACCORAMBONI 88
AUTUMN WANDERINGS 127
PARMA 147
CANOSSA 163
FORNOVO 180
FLORENCE AND THE MEDICI 201
THE DEBT OF ENGLISH TO ITALIAN LITERATURE 258
POPULAR SONGS OF TUSCANY 276