New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-03-28

character in the wild Alpine landscapes at both ends
OF the tunnel and suspect that the northern side is
usually warmer than the southern.
In Turin We shiyered before q large wood FIRE, and
after paying % apiece for supper, lodging and
coffee, continued our fight from Winter. 1t seemed
to be quite in vain there was foot or two OF snow
on the Lombard plain, and the storm continued.
Vines, hedges and municipalities were bent to the
earth; olives Expresses and pines lost their forms
and coors, and the pale, red houses suggested
naked and frost bitten bodies Tennyson speaks Of
Rain at Reggie. ram at Parma;
At Lodi rain, PacenZa ran!"
but at Parma, Piacenza, Reggie, MOdena, 1t was
snow, snow, snow Only on approaching Bologna did
a softer wind from the Adriatic overcome the white
giant but how chill were the fields and gardens
which now became vlsble The Spring, through
out Italy, will be five six weeks later than usual,
this year. There have been two months Of steady
cold weather, with ice in Rome anG Naples, and
at Palermo. The north wind, although far less
cold than our Winter north westers, perces to ones
very marrow, from the sensitiveness which follows
vain efforts TO get warm. Wood. at francs the
small basketful-especially the light. spOngy pop
lar and sycamore-burned on an open hearth, in
room 20 feet high and with walls feet thick, gives
you little comfort SO long yOu sit close before
it; but if you attempt to write, ten feet away from
fingers.
At Florence there was rough edge to every wind.
Rome seemed little milder, but it was city of
catarrbs and rheumatisms-Of troacherous warmth
the southern side of its old walls and of refrgera
ting churches and art-gaeres. Unless the air is
mild in shadow, You must be constantly on your
guard. A cold, here, is not only worse than else
where, but much more difficult to cure. There are
very few of fever among the foreign residents;
but presume the usual panic will begin shortly,
and then all fevers in Rome will be charged to
Naples, and all in Florence to Rome. There seem
TO be great many Americans in Italy at present,
yet they certainly outnumbered by the
English, who appear in great force. The two are
well mixed in the principal hotels and exist har-
moniously together. / hear complaints that the
Americans, this Winter. are different class; that
they make fewer heavy purchases, live more
economical scale, and are mole interested in History
and ancient AIT than their predecessors of the past
four OF five years. This gives much disgust to GER
tain class who drew "a good profit from the snowy
and shallow spendthrfts of New-York and the West.
Lowell has just reached Rome on a visit to w. w.
Story and Henry James, jr., is lesurely enjoying
Florence. Boxer is expected shortly from Constan-
tinople for a brief sojourn. Literary England is
represented only by William and Mary
Hewitt and T. A. Trollope, who seem
to have become permanent residents.
must delay all report of artists and their recent
works, until my return from the East While wait
ing here for the departure of the steamer each day
seems colder than the preceding one. The wind
sweeps the squares and quays, sharp and keen as
if it blew over fields. fortnight ago, the Rev.
j. c. Fletcher who is here preparing work on
Pompe was taken bodily off his feet and blown
against some masonry, injuring him rather severely
Vesuvus is brown and quiet and the outlines of the
glorious gulf are as keen and clear as those of some
Arctic port B.