NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896

Copyright, 1896, by Harper & Brothers.
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All rights reserved.

TO
WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS
WHOSE VENETIAN LIFE
MADE HAPPY
MY LIFE IN VENICE

ILLUSTRATIONS

[CALLE DEL PISTOR][Frontispiece]
[ORNAMENTAL HALF-TITLE][Facing page xii]
[THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE DOGES. IN OTHELLO’S TIME][6]
[THE OTHELLO HOUSE][""10]
[PETRARCH AND LAURA][Page 16]
[THE HOUSE OF PETRARCH][Facing page 20]
[A CHARACTERISTIC CANAL][""26]
[BYRON’S PALACE][""30]
[THE RIALTO BRIDGE. AS SHYLOCK KNEW IT][""32]
[ENTRANCE TO THE MERCERIA][""34]
[CASA FALIER, WHERE MR. HOWELLS LIVED][""40]
[GOLDONI’S STAIRCASE][""42]
[GOLDONI’S STATUE][""44]
[BYRON’S STUDY IN THE ARMENIAN MONASTERY][""48]
[THE “NOAH CORNER” OF THE DOGE’S PALACE][""56]
[THE HOUSE IN WHICH BROWNING DIED][""60]

INTRODUCTION

In a chapter upon “Literary Residences,” among The Curiosities of Literature, Isaac D’Israeli said: “No foreigners, men of letters, lovers of the arts, or even princes, would pass through Antwerp without visiting the House of Rubens, to witness the animated residence of genius, and the great man who conceived the idea.” This volume is intended to be a record of the Animated Residences of Genius which are still existing in Venice; and it is written for the foreigners, for the Men of Letters, for the lovers of art, and even for the princes who pass through the town, and who care to make such houses a visit.