New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-07-17

in the rocky Fiesoc, crowned with exchanging
churches and palaces In thu foreground aTe the
dornes and towers Of The City divided by the AEno,
while at your feet arc the aurcls, rnyFt'cs and
cypTesses Of the garden, with Or2ngc-t:ecs a 'ts,
and roses blooming in Mid- winter.
The peculiar charm OF Florence, which SO fas.
cinates and attaches every visitor who enters It's
enchanted precincts, cannot be fully explained 70
one VINO has never felt it for himself. We may
enumerate some Of its tangible merits, but even
when we allow them all their due weight, we find
their sum inadequate TO produce the effect which
We actually feel The climate is one important
element. The very air is mercurlal, and there Is
something inspiritng in the cheerful sunshine ana
cloudess blue Of the SKY, which are almost per
Peually enjoyed, or which alternate with brief
though violent showers instead OF the cold, gloomy
Iaists which for weeks together often envelope
more northern countries. \ proverb says that
no one can die at Florence IN the winter, no
can live there in the summer; On; though the
heat may then lie intense, it Is free from the sud
den and unhealthy changes which are the evils Of
American summers. The people are good and
happy. and overflow with humanity and kindness
uf heart; their Government Is one Of the best in
Europe, and its mid and wise sway gives to its
subjects Il degree Of comfort and prosperity which
frees you from the pain Of seeing around you, as
II the other Italian States, an immensely Vi mis-
cry, which you are unable to relieve. Your So
Getty may be chosen 10 your own taste. English
and even Americans, arc numerous here, hun
drcdS of foreign families being regularly domesti
Gated in Florence, where they find that the same
income which woaId barely procure the necessl
rics OF life in England, viii here enable them to
live handsomely and uxuiiously, educating their
children in every accomplishment, and enjoying
those rciincnents of taste which could no, be had
in England at any price. The artists Of all ma
tons, who here abound, form a very pleasing and
society of their own, as IN all countries
they arc, almost Of necessity, an Intelligent and
refined class. If YOU have the good fortune to
get access To Italian society, you fad 1t diSlln
guishcd by an obliglng warmth of friendship, d.
vested ul ne usua! shackles of prudish iorm2lIty,
and an oicg :ncc and perfection OF artistic taste
which seem like new sense. Al the weekly
series Of the Grand Duke you meet the best so
ciey Of Europe, in the halls lined with the deli
cious pictures of the Pitt The noble Galleries
o. painting ard sculpture, free to you as If they
wore your Own, arc worlds in themselves. They
create in you new senses, and, far from pall.ng on
yolr appetite their beauty grows more ano more
upon YOUR taste as your acquaintance with them
improves, and they become al last so indispensable
to your cu:nfurt that their want leaves aching
void in your daily life. your tastes arc scien-
tiiic, vuu will find much TO study in the Royal
llnseo. If you arc man Of letters YOU may lux
uiiatc in the great Libraries which here count
Their volumes byhund eds of thousands Instead
If the gossip Incidental u ncw country, You
have here the history and traditions OF the most
Of nations, digniied By the recollection
that it is the country Of Dante, Pe;rarch, Boccac-
cio Michael Angelo and Calico Iou may walk
4! viii ia the fine B0boii Gardens, or rambIc
alnong tho hills and valleys which surround the
city in such un,quacd beauty and variety. Rome
itself is only two hundred miles distant; Paris
NAV be reached in week; and letters have ar
rived even from America in only twcnty-,hrce
days. Such are few Of the too family described
advantages OF this place as residence; but 10
them must be added most potent though name
less wilchcry, which inspires every visitor TO this
brightest star of starlight Italy with cay
dream of making his final home in Florence, with
a VILLA on Fiesole. ". NJ. G.