‘Who envy not, though lowly born,
Luxurious lives above,
But blend with toil, renewed each morn,
The bliss of blameless Love.’
List of Illustrations
BY GEORGE S. ELGOOD, R.I.
| [1]. | ‘And out of a valley of grape and grain there blossoms a City of domes and towers’ | Frontispiece |
| FACING PAGE | ||
| [2]. | ‘Peach-trees ablow’ | 10 |
| [3]. | Baveno and Isola Pescatori, Lago Maggiore | 18 |
| [4]. | Orange Grove, Mentone | 22 |
| [5]. | Pear-blossom, Maritime Alps | 40 |
| [6]. | ‘Between the mountains and the sea’ | 52 |
| [7]. | Florence | 60 |
| [8]. | A Tuscan Villa | 64 |
| [9]. | A Noble Fountain | 80 |
| [10]. | Peach, Plum, and Pear-blossom | 84 |
| [11]. | Florence | 88 |
| [12]. | Roses and Iris | 100 |
| [13]. | ‘Everywhere are roses, roses’ | 118 |
| [14]. | Our Tuscan Garden | 138 |
| [15]. | Through the Olives, Florence | 150 |
| [16]. | Larkspurs | 160 |