Literary Landmarks of Venice

CALLE DEL PISTOR

BY LAURENCE HUTTON AUTHOR OF “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF LONDON” “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF EDINBURGH” “LITERARY LANDMARKS OF JERUSALEM” ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1896 Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers. ——— All rights reserved. TO WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS WHOSE VENETIAN LIFE MADE HAPPY MY LIFE IN VENICE




In a chapter upon “Literary Residences,” among The Curiosities of Literature , Isaac D’Israeli said: “No foreigners, men of letters, lovers of the arts, or even princes, would pass through Antwerp without visiting the House of Rubens, to witness the animated residence of genius, and the great man who conceived the idea.” This volume is intended to be a record of the Animated Residences of Genius which are still existing in Venice; and it is written for the foreigners, for the Men of Letters, for the lovers of art, and even for the princes who pass through the town, and who care to make such houses a visit.