Recollections of My Childhood and Youth

by Georg Brandes

Italian Landladies--The Carnival--The Moccoli Feast--Filomena's Views

[SECOND LONGER STAY ABROAD Continued]

Reflections on the Future of Denmark--Conversations with Giuseppe Saredo--Frascati--Native Beauty--New Susceptibilities--Georges Noufflard's Influence--The Sistine Chapel and Michael Angelo--Raphael's Loggias--A Radiant Spring

RECOLLECTIONS OF

MY CHILDHOOD

AND YOUTH

[DISCOVERING THE WORLD]

First Impressions--Going to Bed--My Name--Fresh Elements--School--The King--Town and Country--The King's Gardens--The Friendly World--Inimical Forces--The World Widens--The Theatre--Progress--Warlike Instincts-- School Adventures--Polite Accomplishments--My Relations.

I.

He was little and looked at the world from below. All that happened, went on over his head. Everyone looked down to him.