[26] Purg. xx. 43.
[27] Purg. i. 1.
[28] Par. xxv. 5.
[29] A pathetic episode connected with this Celebration is related in Appendix I, p. 165.
[30] Giornale, p. 215: Art. “Firenze e Italia nel concetto e nel cuore di Dante.”
[31] Giornale, p. 344.
[32] A similar chorus of reverent homage to Dante as the good genius of Italy’s fortunes, was evoked by the war, in the shape of “Dante e la Guerra,” Nos. 6-9 of Nuovo Convito, June-Sept., 1917.
[33] Par. ix. 27.
[34] “To the Defenders of the Piave: November, 1917, to November, 1918.” Art. in Anglo-Italian Review, Nov., 1918, p. 244.
[35] Purg. xxvii. 142.