The title is derived from the balls on the Medici coat of arms, which was everywhere encountered by the authors during their wanderings. The journeys consist of trips from Florence to the Mugello, Prato, Chianti, Lucca, Pistoja, Brancoli, and Barga. There are over a hundred photogravures of people, landscapes, buildings and works of art, an index and a full list of illustrations.
“A charming portfolio of studies to be enjoyed by all.” Anna Benneson McMahan.
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“Is narrated in a chatty, discursive fashion, with a due amount of historical reminiscence and a vivid description of present conditions.”
| + | Nation. 80: 132. F. 16, ‘05. 220w. |
“The excursions of the authors are of particular interest to the lovers of Tuscany, because we are taken into rather untrodden districts. The out-of-doors life of these districts is described for us in pleasant detail.”
| + | Outlook. 79: 451. F. 18, ‘05. 120w. |
Sheldon, Charles Monroe. Heart of the world: a story of Christian socialism. [†]$1.25. Revell.
“The story of an Episcopal minister, who wrote and published, anonymously, a book entitled ‘The Christian socialist’ and on the occasion of his consecration as a bishop renounces his office and the pulpit because of the consecrating bishop’s charge to him to oppose socialism and this book in particular.”—Ind.
“It abounds in thrilling situations and sensational episodes which have nothing essentially to do with the story.”