CHARLES WHITTINGHAM, CHISWICK.

CONTENTS.

PART I.

MEMORIALS OF A TOUR.

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INTRODUCTION to Part I.

Sonnet-On a View from the Brighton Railway........

Sonnet-Windbound at Folkestone, in Lodgings.

Sonnet-Rouen

A Sketch-Scarcely within reach of the Pencil ......

In the Hotel at Avignon. To an itinerant Musician

On the Remains of the Roman Aqueduct, called the Pont

du Gard ..........

Shadows—A Fragment. Suggested by a Sea-View on the

Coast of the Mediterranean......

Genoa. Extract from Manuscript Journal

Spezzia

Pisa. Extract from Manuscript Journal

Sonnet-The Baptistery at Florence

The Convent of Saint Mark at Florence. Extract from

Manuscript Journal.

Sonnet-On the devotional Paintings of the early Italian

Masters..........

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History

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Sonnet-On the Portrait of Leopold de' Medici when an

Infant, and on the Bust of the same when Cardinal. 37

The last Moments of Lorenzo de' Medici. From Sismon-

di's History

38

An historical Event. (A.D. 1174.) From Sismondi's

39

Sonnet-The Wall-Flower in the Coliseum

40

Sonnet-On Guido's Aurora

41

The Aqueduct .

42

Nisida. Addressed to

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Monte Barbaro.......

46

Epistle from Miss

to Miss

-, in Lon-

don. Dated, Naples, April 1844

50

Convicts at Castelamare. Extract from Manuscript Journal 56

The Walk at Naples. A conversational Sketch

58

The Contrast, or the Foster-Sisters

The Temple of Neptune at Pæstum

67

The Ziza, or Emir's Palace........

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Segestum

71

Selinuntum

74

Sonnet-Girgenti

77

Sonnet- Washerwomen at the Fountain of Arethusa

78

The Theatre at Syracuse. Extract from Manuscript Journal 79

Ascent of Mount Etna. Extract from Manuscript Journal 83

Sonnet—The Cuckoo on Etna.......

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Roughing it

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Scylla and Charybdis. Extract from Manuscript Journal.. 101

In the Steam-boat off the Coast of Calabria

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Pisa revisited

106

Sonnet-On the Paintings of Wallis

108

A Sketch at Vallombrosa.....

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The Sacro Eremo, or City of Hermits. The Upper Con-

vent of Camaldoli.......

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La Verna. Extract from Manuscript Journal

114

Fire-Flies

117

A Thought at Venice

119

Sonnet-At Venice

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Milan Cathedral

121

The Painting of the Last Supper at Milan. Extract from

Manuscript Journal ..........

124

Night, in the Valley of Chamonix. A Fragment........

126

Passage of the Col du Géant. Extract from Manuscript

Journal

127

The Table d'Hôte........

145

Le Plan des Dames ..

147

Farewell - Crossing the Jura in bad Weather

149

Observations on Imitation, and especially Sculpture, sug-

gested by Works of Art at home and abroad

152

NOTES TO MEMORIALS IN PROSE AND VERSE....

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