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

 a smooth pur4e 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 Tounger 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 



