[Page 220]. in the country: here means in Denmark.
THE SWINEHERD
[Page 263]. "Ah! thou dearest Augustine,
All is gone, gone, gone."
THE METAL PIG
[Page 269]. piazza (pe ät´sȧ): in Italy, a square, or open space, surrounded by buildings.
[Page 271]. Palazzo degli Uffizi (pä lät´sō dāl´yē öf fēt´se): one of the chief art galleries of the world. Palazzo is the Italian word for "palace."
[Page 272]. Medici (mĕd´[+e] chē): the name of a Florentine family.
[Page 275]. Galileo is called the Father of Modern Science. He made a number of most important scientific discoveries. To him is attributed the saying in regard to the earth, when under trial for the supposed heresy of believing in its motion, "It moves, nevertheless."
Dante was the greatest of Italian poets.