From Rome to Florence - Sismondi the historian - Reminiscences of
India - Lucca - Princess Elisa Baciqochi - Pisa - The Campo Santo - Leghorn -
Hebrews in Leghorn - Lord Dillon - The story of a lost glove - From Florence
to Lausanne by Milan, Turin and across Mont Cenis - Lombardy in winter - The
Hospice of Mont Cenis.
PART III
CHAPTER XIII
MARCH-SEPTEMBER, 1817
Journey from Lausanne to Clermont-Ferrand - A wretched conveyance - The
first dish of frogs - Society in Clermont-Ferrand - General de Vergennes -
Cleansing the town - Return to Lausanne - A zealous priest - Journey to Bern
and back to Lausanne - Avenches - Lake Morat - Lake Neufchatel - The Diet in
Bern - Character of the Bernois - A beautiful Milanese lady.
CHAPTER XIV
SEPTEMBER, 1817-APRIL, 1818
Journey from Lausanne to Milan, Florence, Rome and Naples - Residence at
Naples - The theatre of San Carlo - Rossini's operas - Gaming in Naples - The
Lazzaroni - Public writers - Carbonarism - Return to Rome - Christmas eve at
Santa Maria Maggiore - Mme Dionigi - Theatricals - Society in Rome - The papal
government - Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino - Louis Napoleon, ex-King of
Holland - Pope Pius VII - Thorwaldsen - Granet - The Holy Week in Rome - The
Duchess of Devonshire - From Rome to Florence by the Perugia road.
CHAPTER XV
APRIL-JULY, 1818
Journey from Florence to Pisa and from thence by the Appennines to
Genoa - Massa - Carrara - Genoa - Monuments and works of art - The
Genoese - Return to Florence - Journey from Florence through Bologna and
Ferrara to Venice - Monument to Ariosto in Ferrara - A description of
Venice - Padua - Vicenza - Verona - Cremona - Return to Milan - The Scala
theatre - Verona again - From Verona to Innspruck.
