Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-04-25
LETTER FROM ITALY.

A young lady travelling abroad
writes back to a Vance street friend
very charming letters, from which we
are permitted to make some extracts.
We begin with one dated Milan, Italy,
February 9th:
DEAR =: have been in this
interesting city two days, aad am now
waiting on the carnival procession,
this being the principal day of the
festival. Being tired from the morn
ings sight-seeings, l viii give a hasty
account Of my trips through Italy by
way of resting, till the show comes.
First Of all let me mention the chief
objects in Milan that | have already
seen, beginning with the world famed
cathedral, with its marble roof and
numerous pinnacles of celebrated
statues and the elevated marble
flower bed. This ascent Of two hun
dred steps was worth the making, but
the additional one hundred and fifty
in the tower repaid me by the magni-
hcent view Of the distant Alpine range
Blanc, st. Bernard, Matter
horn, ete.-which | visited last sum
mer in Switzerland.
Yesterday Isaw the original, famous
painting Last Supper" by Leonardo
da Vinci of whom Italy is Justly
proud. The old picture Is so blurred
and defaced by time and weather and
has been 50 often repaired that one
gets only an idea of the grand, origi-
nal work.
The glass-cOyered gallery Victoria
Emanual. with its shops fine and two
thousand jets Of gas, presents a fine
appearance at night, and reminds me
Of Palais Royal in Paris. In fact
Milan is said to look more like
PARIS than any other Italian city.
| left Bavaria a few weeks ago with
Mrs. " Though VIC have had a
short and hasty trip we have visited
the principal cities and sights Of Italy.
We meet even gentlemen here who
wonder at our seeing and accomplish.
ing so much in so short a time.
Our first place Of importance aftel
leaving Germany was Venice-realll
the beautiful Isle Of the sea-" a
Prof Perring says in his English song
| was charmed with the novel way O
navigating, and was rOwed up anC
down the Grand Canal and smalleI
watery streets to my hearts content
We visited the Armenian Island. La
CARA, where Lord Byron spent a tern
in learning the language. At tn.
monastery thirty-fve languages ar.
spoken and published. One of tn
E Fathers charmed me by his huen
English and pleasant ways.
!, The churches, palaces and painting
Of Venice are very fine. In the glas
: mandatory it was highly interesting
At Florence we spent a few delight
= full days in visiting the magnifcen
galleries Of celebrated masters. Dant
and Michael Angeles works are dc
seryedly rewarded by the handsom
statues erected to their memory Their,
We reached Rome, the "Eterns
CITY, in fine weather, and did
thoroughly. The Colosseum, Forum
Capitol and other mighty ruins spea
Tor the former grandeur of ancier
,e Rome. AT the Vatican the paintin,
Of Michael Angelo, the frescoes
n Raphael were enough to occupy on
st for days of study and admiration
a Adjoining is st. Peters, the magnil
J. cent mother church to Catholic
Here | was as spell bound, looking
the costly marble mosaics, tombs an
d affairs Of this glorious work of art.
Our most pleasant excursion fro
1t Rome was on the Appian Way, full
% interest to the student of AncieI
lie History. Here | gathered violet
e large and fragrant, from the tomb
ID Celia, wife Of the famed Cresus me
le toned by Cicero. y
lie z. S.-The carnival procession he
N was a grand sell on stranger
nothing but a few masquers. b.
IN the Opera House sever
ny magnificent balls were given-sut
IN toilets and the Italian beautiC
le lovely. Cologne is the only Europe,
city that still keeps up the carniv,
y. The grand professions there are cost
and imposing.
Young man, know myself. A s
at silk hat looks we'll on some persor
al but we cant saw II hecomas = eli