ITALIAN GARDENS OF 

 THE RENAISSANCE 



AND OTHER STUDIES 



BY 



JULIA CARTWRIGHT A- 



AUTHOR OF 



MADAME, ISABELLA D'ESTE," "THE PERFECT COURTIER 

 "THE PAINTERS OF FLORENCE," ETC. 



WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS 



" What of the way of the world gone Maying, 

 What of the work of the buds in the bowers, 

 What of the will of the wind on the wall, 

 Thinking of hours when the flowers have to fall ? " 



SWINBURNE. 



LONDON 



SMITH, ELDER ts* CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE 

 1914 



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