The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-19
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temple OF art. Hawthorne sald Of II
that .It Is the richest room In oil tlla \
world. heart that draws oil a hearts
to " ERR \. I'll a
b Tho pitti Palace. OF which the pictu.rs'l
gallery Is only = part. Is richly worthy
the travel r' y attention.. We enjoyed Sex- 4
tremelyS a visit through this gor geouslys
furnished palace OF the old Blorenit y
slovere,gns. d The palace 4 still the off
1 Oil resld ence Of the K ling Of Italy when
ne visits this loyal Tuscan city on the (
EArno. The exterior OF this pal ace Sis far
more attractive than the exterior Of the
Royal I Palace In Rome, and the Interior
Is Quite "a sumptuously furnished The
truth ID, the RI oval Palace sat Rome a p
Z penred tie least beautiful $of the three
royal palaces which we visited and were
shown through atss Ma les, Rome am! ana
FLORENCE. n But even q the Il Royal Palace
"a t Rcm Is sluxuriouslyF enough furnish
ed for any mere man to dwell In and Us la
as local .habitation. II rs IL 81
A famous Gard ens.
The ,".Boboli Gardens, y which form the I
sErounds OF the Pitt Palace, are the tfin-S
est OF their kind we rem wber ever TO-
have seen. They lie back OF the palace
and 4 extend GIN terraces UP the MIL Z,
forming the so-called Ia 'amphl theater.
The grounds are tastefully laid out and 4
are adorned with beautiful marble stat
Ei,,es and artistic fountains OF llmpid water
The trees and shrubs along the grayeled
walks are so admirabl " trained an n
shaped as to make perpend icuia hedges5
twenty-five feet high. These hedges ex-f
tend in various dire tons. inters ..s u
one another, and they stand like high
EwaiIs on either side OF tho walks. Along
tine crest OF the hill, up which the gar
den terraces extend, are several i1al hisn I
towers. which command az agnihcents
Views Rof the entire cit " OF Fl ice, the
valley Of the Arno and the 81 around
ing mountains. If Truly these grounds are are
4 q signal triumph OF landscape gardening
And YET one could wish there were less a.sn'
sof art and more q nature about me M
We we're so impressed with Michael 81 Ans
ire,o; influence in FLORENCE that we felt
Constrained 81 to visit the house here IN ~ 4
which the great rtist lived. 81 It has been
REBUILT ! ana is now used az g museum ll;
a. alta lining a Small Election OF pictures
and antiquities. other historic re idences
here are the house in which Dante was
born, the house in " ich8 Ameergo ny e es al
spucci lived, the house IN which Mace hia-a4
sYelli lived, the house In which, Ga!ileos
lived and, lastly. the house In which Mrs.
Browning lived and died. These respec.s
tive houses are all arked BY mural Z! q
tablets, which, enable the stranger Il t.
Identify them readily: d.
NJ Consecrated Spots.
Mrs. Browning's grave Is & pointed out
Is the visitor in the Protestant Cemetery
here. d IN this same cemetery repose the
asnes OF Walter Savage Landor. Arthur
Hugh Clough and Theod ore Parker. As
yet We have not found time to visit this /
consecrated spot In Florence. @B " Q con-
Tess that we do not feel as deep an in-s
terests IN this cemetery as We did In the
Protestant Cemetery In Rome. We made
a pilgrimage to the literary shrines In
that historic cemetery shortly after our
arrival In Rome and relig tously paid our
tribute OF respect at the tombs of Keats
and Shelley. !. plucking q leaf OF Ivy and i
violet. This little nosegays we took to 4
our room and pressed between the pages
OF stout Yolums to take home with us
as among our most highly esteemed sou-ls
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