House and Garden 
A VERONESE STREET 
instantaneously, birds warble their sweetest 
songs and myriads of insects come buzzing 
into life. In the dear old Italian towns all 
the populace resume their outdoor life, and 
are never to be found indoors during waking 
hours, not even for meals which are always 
eaten on little tables outside their houses. 
No more lovely 
expedition for a 
summer holiday 
can be made than 
to Venice, there to 
float about in a 
dream of lazy de¬ 
light in a well- 
cushioned gondo¬ 
la visiting in turn 
its endless objects 
of interest and in 
the evenings sit¬ 
ting in the beau¬ 
tiful Piazza of San 
Marco listening to 
the strains of the 
fine military bands 
that play there, 
and watching the 
moving throng of 
people who stroll 
in the square as 
they did in the 
days of the Doges, 
retailing news and 
gossip. 
Pass on from 
Venice to Padua 
and Verona, both 
cities of interest 
and delight and 
far renowned for their churches and paint¬ 
ings. The market place of Verona, for 
example, surrounded on each side by beauti¬ 
ful old houses of the former nobility, is most 
fascinating, and the tombs of the Scaglieri are 
so beautifully sculptured, as to seem, says 
Ruskin, “a poetic dream of beauty.” 
Having filled your 
mind with a store 
of historical in¬ 
terest, make your 
way to the Lakes, 
visit Como and 
spend some days 
at Bellagio, the 
most lovely spot 
on that lake and 
from whence you 
can make many 
expeditions, then 
pass on to Lago 
Maggiore and 
either at Pallanza 
or Baveno linger 
many days, drink¬ 
ing in its fasci- 
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nating beauties. 
1 he lovely Bor- 
romean Islands, 
especially I sol a 
Bella and Isola 
Madre, are worth 
going many days’ 
journey to visit, 
so full are they of 
romantic beauty. 
Isola Bella in par¬ 
ticular is simply 
a terrestrial para- 
CHURCH AT BI.EVIO—LAKE COMO 
