generous manner in which they have thrown open their villas to me ; 

 also my great indebtedness to those who have so kindly lent me their 

 pictures for reproduction, without whose courtesy this publication 

 would not have been possible ; to Mr. Marcus B. Huish, for his 

 valuable help in getting the pictures together ; and to Mr. A. Llewelyn 

 Roberts, who has rendered me great assistance by his suggestions, both as 

 to the letterpress and in the revision of the proof-sheets. 



And lastly, my thanks are due to the several publishers who with so 

 much courtesy have allowed me to make use of quotations from various 

 authors : Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston and Co., for an extract from 

 " Nice and her Neighbours," by the late Dean Hole ; Mr. Elliot Stock, 

 for an extract from " Rome, its Princes, Priests and People," by Fanny 

 Maclaughlin ; and Messrs. J. M. Dent and Co., for an extract from 

 " Florentine Villas," by Mrs. Ross. 



G. S. E. 



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