Vittoria Colonna
LIFE AND POEMS. By Mrs. Henry Roscoe. Crown 8vo. 9s.
The life of Vittoria Colonna, the celebrated Marchesa di Pescara, has received but cursory notice from any English writer, though in every history of Italy her name is mentioned with great honour among the poets of the sixteenth century. "In three hundred and fifty years," says her biographer Visconti, "there has been no other Italian lady who can be compared to her."
"It is written with good taste, with quick and intelligent sympathy, occasionally with a real freshness and charm of style"—Pall Mall Gazette.