A GARDEN IN VENICE 



selves no little trouble in so doing. And we are 

 deeply grateful, as I think all foreigners who live 

 in Italy may be, for the reception given them in 

 small things and great by the Italian authorities 

 and people. 



No wonder that foreigners who have lived in 

 Italy find it difficult to live out of it. There is 

 the climate, the warmth, and the beauty. In no 

 country that I know, except perhaps our own, 

 can a reasonable man pass his time so free of 

 restraint from law and regulation. There is no 

 country where a foreigner will meet with such 

 kindness and civility from the people of every 

 class — a people, too, to whom snobbishness is 

 unknown ; and last, if not least, Italy is the 

 home and soil of all, save Grecian statues, that's 

 best in art, and of these it holds the best col- 

 lection. 



And now, thanks, as I have said, to the 

 Venice authorities, our garden has grown bigger 

 by only a little less than two acres. The Sacca 

 become a vineyard is not unproductive, and not 

 without its charm. The once outer old sea wall, 



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