and the Illustrations have been received favourably by those qualified to form a judgment on such subjects; and having been enabled, by subsequent visits to Italy and some researches at home, to make amendments and explanatory comments on them, I have added much new matter, which, I hope, may contribute, in some degree, to their general interest, and make them more useful to the traveller. I am aware that this new portion of my volumes requires most excuse, but that excuse will, I hope, suggest itself to the reader; for, if it does not, nothing that the writer might say would be of any avail. CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 63 Verona to Montebello - Vicenza — Palladian villa of Count Capra Effect of political condition on dramatic writing — Goldoni — Modern melodrames — Condition of Italian The Banks of the Brenta - Venice -The Bridge of Sighs - The - - Reggio - - Signora Tambroni - Florence - The Tribune - Dante Few remains of Republican Rome Uncertainty of Roman anti- quities The walls of Rome - Their ancient and modern mea- surement - Various names at different times given to the |
