The Charm of Venice

About this eBook

Compiler

Hyatt, Alfred H. (Alfred Henry), 1871-1911

Title

The charm of Venice : An anthology

Original Publication

London: Chatto & Windus, 1908.

Credits

Carol Brown, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Books project.)

Language

English

LoC Class

DG: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Italy, Vatican City, Malta

Subject

Venice (Italy) -- Description and travel

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 74272

Release Date

August 17, 2024

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.THE CHARM OF VENICE
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.Untitled
5. 5.EDITOR’S NOTE
6. 6.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
7. 7.CONTENTS
8. 8.Untitled
9. 9.THE CHARM OF VENICE
10. 10.SALVE VENETIA! — WRITTEN AT VENICE — VENICE THE ENCHANTRESS — VENICE — VENETIAN ENCHANTMENT — A VISION OF VENICE — SPECTRAL VENICE — A REVERIE IN VENICE — IN PRAISE OF VENICE — BEAUTIFUL VENICE — THAT GLORIOUS CITY IN THE SEA — THE FAIRY DAYS OF VENICE — VENICE THE PROUD — THIS LOVELY VENICE! — TO VENICE — VENICE: THAT RARE CITY — VENISE — A PEERLESS CITY — ‘VENICE, WHOSE NAME DID ONCE ADORN THE WORLD’ — THE BRIDE OF THE SEA — BROWNING’S VENICE — VENICE — GEORGE ELIOT’S IMPRESSION OF VENICE — BEFORE ‘A SURVEY OF THE CITY OF VENICE’ — VENICE: THE GEM OF THE WORLD
11. 11.VENICE FROM THE SEA
12. 12.SAILING TOWARDS VENICE — ‘FABRICS OF ENCHANTMENT PILED TO HEAVEN’ — VENICE SEEN IN THE DISTANCE — FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF VENICE — TOWARDS VENICE — THE APPROACH TO VENICE — THE THRONE OF VENICE — THE JEWELLED CROWN OF VENICE — VENICE FROM THE EUGANEAN HILLS — THE CITY OF ENCHANTMENT — IN VENICE — ENTERING VENICE AT TWILIGHT
13. 13.THE SEA SPELL
14. 14.THE LAGOONS’ PHANTOM SPELL — VENETIAN SPELL — THE SOUL THAT ENDURES — VENICE — THE QUIETUDE OF THE LAGOON — A SEA-VIEW — VENICE: ITS PLEASURABLE MELANCHOLY — YOUTH IN VENICE — BOATS AND VOICES — FROM A PALACE-STEP AT VENICE — THE UNWEARIEDNESS OF VENICE — ON THE ZATTERE — ‘THE SUN OF VENICE GOING TO SEA’ — VENICE UNDER THE STARLIGHT — TO VENICE: A FAREWELL — NIGHT IN VENICE
15. 15.GONDOLA AND GONDOLIER
16. 16.Untitled
17. 17.THE CHARM OF THE GONDOLA — IN A GONDOLA — THE INVITATION TO THE GONDOLA — THE GONDOLA — A DREAM IN A GONDOLA — WERE LIFE BUT AS THE GONDOLA! — THE SONGS OF THE GONDOLIERS — THE GONDOLA — SING TO ME, GONDOLIER — THE GONDOLIER’S CRY — GONDOLIERS — GONDOLIERS’ MUSIC — THE GONDOLIERS OF VENICE — GONDOLIERS AND THEIR SONGS — A GONDOLIER OF CHIOGGIA
18. 18.ISLAND AND LAGOON
19. 19.PLEASANT MURANO — MURANO — THE GLASS FURNACES OF MURANO — TORCELLO — UPON A CUPBOARD OF VENICE-GLASSES — SAN FRANCESCO DEL DESERTO — SAN FRANCESCO DELLA VIGNA — A TOCCATA OF GALUPPI’S — TO CHIOGGIA WITH OAR AND SAIL — THE MIRROR OF THE LAGOON — LAGOON MESSAGE — ON THE LAGOONS — AT THE LIDO — THE LIDO — ON THE LAGOONS — À LA ZUECCA — LA MADONNA DELL’ACQUA — LORD BYRON ON THE LIDO — THE LIDO AND ITS GRAVES — AN ISLAND VISIT
20. 20.CANAL AND BRIDGE
21. 21.THE BALCONY ON THE GRAND CANAL — BROWNING’S FUNERAL — BYRON ON THE GRAND CANAL — BELOW THE RIALTO: MORNING — A VENETIAN MARKET — A RIALTO SCENE — THE GRAND CANAL
22. 22.SOME VENETIAN PHASES
23. 23.THE COLOUR OF VENICE — THE GLORY OF COLOUR IN ITALY — VENICE THE UNFALLEN — FEEDING THE PIGEONS—VENICE — A FIRST IMPRESSION IN VENICE — A VENETIAN DREAM — A VENETIAN RESTAURANT — VENETIAN CAFFÈS — ON BEING ASKED FOR AN AUTOGRAPH IN VENICE — A TOUR ROUND VENICE WITH GOLDONI — VENETIAN BELLES — A VENETIAN CARNIVAL — THREE VENETIAN FEASTS — AN IMPROVISATORE — VENICE AND HER CHILDREN — SOCIETY IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VENICE — IN VENICE ONCE
24. 24.ARCHITECTURE AND ART
25. 25.Untitled
26. 26.THE BIRTH OF VENETIAN ART — A VENETIAN PASTORAL — GIORGIONE’S HOME — TO AN OLD VENETIAN PAINTING — TO GIAN BELLINI — TITIAN AT VENICE — THE ENCHANTED VOICE OF VENICE — VENICE — THE SPLENDOUR OF ST. MARK’S — THE GLORY OF ST. MARK’S — THE LEGEND OF ST. MARK — ST. GEORGE OF THE GREEKS
27. 27.A VENETIAN DAY
28. 28.SUNRISE IN VENICE — VENICE: NIGHT ILLUSION—MORNING REALITY — SUNSET AND VENICE — AT SUNSET — SUNSET — A VENETIAN NIGHT — VENETIAN NOCTURNE — NIGHT IN THE PIAZZA — VENETA MARINA — VENETIAN NIGHT — NIGHT IN VENICE — AT THE DOGANA
29. 29.THE SEASONS IN VENICE
30. 30.Untitled
31. 31.HOW SPRING COMES TO VENICE — SPRING IN VENICE — APRIL IN VENICE — MAY IN VENICE — VENICE IN AUTUMN — AUTUMN AND VENICE — FROM A VENETIAN BALCONY — AUTUMN IN VENICE — VENICE AT TWILIGHT — ALL SOULS’ DAY AT VENICE — VENICE IN WINTER — VENICE: THE END OF WINTER
32. 32.VENICE OF THE PAST
33. 33.THE ORIGIN OF VENICE — A PILGRIM’S DESCRIPTION OF VENICE — VENICE: SOME SIXTEENTH-CENTURY CHARACTERISTICS — THE BEAUTIE AND MAGNIFICENCE OF VENICE — FAYRE VENICE — SOME MARVELS OF VENICE — ADDRESSED TO VENICE — SCENE IN VENICE — THE MARRIAGE OF VENICE WITH THE SEA — THE DOGE OF VENICE GOES IN STATE — ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC — VENETIAN DAMES — THE VENICE OF CARLO GOLDONI
34. 34.THE ROMANCE OF VENICE
35. 35.AT VENICE — THE GOLDEN BOOK OF VENICE — TO AN OLD VENETIAN WINEGLASS — DANTE AT THE ARSENAL AT VENICE — MENDELSSOHN AT VENICE — SHELLEY IN VENICE — THE VENETIAN SERENADE — FAREWELL TO VENICE
36. 36.INDEX OF AUTHORS
37. 37.TABLE OF CONTENTS
38. 38.Untitled
39. 39.Advertisements
40. 40.Untitled
41. 41.Transcriber’s Note:

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