&

Who has been the Great-Heart of many a Pilgrimage taken

in his Company,

We dedicate this Book.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

The Start [11]

In the Val d'Arno [14]

At Empoli [22]

The Road to Fair and Soft Siena [25]

At Poggibonsi [34]

In the Mountains [36]

Fair and Soft Siena [45]

An Italian By-Road [61]

Monte Oliveto [81]

Through the Wilderness to a Garden [94]

We are detained in Montepulciano [101]

In the Val di Chiana [109]

Luca Signorelli's Town [118]

To Perugia: by Train and Tricycle [122]

At Perugia [128]

Across the Tiber to Assisi [134]

At Assisi [138]

Virgil's Country [142]

Terni and its Falls [155]

In the Land of Brigands [157]

A Middling Inn [164]

Across the Campagna [166]

The Finish [173]

Appendix [175]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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Over the Ponte Vecchio [14]

In the Sunlight [18]

Lastra [20]

A Perugino Landscape [24]

On the Arno—near Empoli [36]

A Slight Obstruction [40]

Noontime [42]

By the River [50]

Chiusure [68]

Monte Oliveto [84]

At the Foot of the Cross [96]

Leaving Montepulciano [106]

Cortona [118]

On the Hill [126]

The Bronze Pontiff's Benediction, Perugia [134]

A Frown of Disapproval, Assisi [136]

Gathering Leaves [146]

"Piping down the Valley" [160]

From Via Flaminia, near Ponte Molle [170]

"Aspetto!" [172]