also, to remove misapprehension of the motives, character, and action
of those noble patriots of Italy, who strove, though for a time
vainly, to make their country free, and to deepen the sympathy which
every true American should feel with faithful men everywhere, who by
art are seeking to refine, by philanthropic exertion to elevate, by
the diffusion of truth to enlighten, or by self-sacrifice and earnest
effort to free, their fellow-men.

A.B.F.

Boston, March 1, 1856.




CONTENTS.


PART I.
SUMMER ON THE LAKES 1


PART II.
THINGS AND THOUGHTS IN EUROPE 117


PART III.
LETTERS FROM ABROAD TO FRIENDS AT HOME 423