3H MORE POT-POURRI 



way as 'apple charlotte '(see Dainty Dishes') by making 

 a smooth purfe from stewed sun-dried apricots, to be 

 had of all London grocers and stores. 



A good cookery book is called 'A Younger Son's 

 Cookery Book, by a Younger Son's daughter' (Richard 

 Bentley & Son) . 



May 22nd. When I made up my mind last year to 

 go to Florence, I thought I would try and collect a few 

 appropriate books to enlighten my ignorance and refresh 

 my memory. I asked my friends what I should take, 

 merely reminding them that Mr. Hare's volumes on Italy 

 and George Eliot's ' Romola ' had naturally occurred to 

 myself. I got very little help before I went ; but by 

 degrees, during the month I was in Florence and since 

 my return, I have collected and read several books which 

 I should have been glad to have had last year, and 

 which may help those who go straight from a busy home 

 life and take a short trip to Florence. Of course, the 

 literature on Florence is so enormous, and people's taste 

 in books differs so greatly, that to write a mere list of 

 names would enlighten no one. I shall only mention 

 those books which I either possess or have had lent to 

 me to read ; and if I describe them a little in detail, I 

 think it may help the inexperienced to make a selection 

 of those which they themselves would enjoy. At Florence 

 there is a most excellent lending library ; in fact, prob- 

 ably more than one. 



As an example of 'art' teaching at the end of the last 

 century, there is now a cheap edition of Sir Joshua 

 Reynolds' 'Discourses,' which are full of wisdom and 

 general instruction. He shares with the greatest 

 Michael Angelo especially the misfortune that those 

 who came after him degenerated, which seemed at one 

 time to justify the condemnation of his teaching. Here 

 is a sentence from one of his ' Discourses ' which comes 



