New-York tribune., 1910-06-08
QUE
STAEDA VI
DEGLIA SIM.

some
,rclifir CONJUNCTION and that therefore the
Inscription must be incomplete. others as
serted that the word was an appreNlatl2I
OF 'oueo'' and that the inscription might
he read: Il am able to gaze upon the star
WITHOUT pain.
While the dispute was on 4 peasant Of
the Campagna passed by. He approached
srd asked the reason OF the crowd. He
yyss told and gazing at the inscription for
several minutes he read SLOWLY: ...-r,,;. =.
-'cuesta 2 Ia via degh aslni { MS Is
the way of asses
Aud the 1stfnists the srchHologlsts and
the other savans crept quietly aNaE THile TliI
+he Commentators. in good. modern rus
can made some remarks unprintaole ana
untrsnslatable-
The bright and pleasant quality Of Mr.
Niltoun's text belongs also To the illus
,rations by Miss McManus. These. in
black and white and in colors. are very
cleverly drawn.
The author Of In and Out Of Flor
ence- describes not only city but a
personal experience therein. We are
nat sure but that the biogra phical por-
fio, Of his book is the best. He and his
wife appear to have visited Florence in
? mood Of tremendous enthusiasm for its
art and beauty. and then to have settled
down 10 make their home there for some
in housekeeping than in the exploration
Of churches and picture galleries. They
found ? little villa at Settignano II
WAS not by any means one Of the more
resplendent villas; there was nothing
e bout it even remotely to suggest the
show place. hut il was comforta bic, il
had @ lovely garden, and Enthusiastically
these TWO American occupants lived
delightful life with their flowers and
their kindly servants. So charming is
Mr Nernons account of their estab-
lishment and its surroundings that il
might legitinlately have been made
longer and set to stand by itself. How
ever. Ne gather that his plan was to
write q book about Florence and this he
has done very creditably, rapidly sur
vez4ng it's monuments and giving the
reader serviceable idea as 30 where to
end the salient buildings and the more
important works Of painting and sculpt-
ure A chapter toward the close sketches
= few of the profitable excursions to be
made i'm the neighborhood Of Florence.
The illustrations are excellent. Some
are from pen drawings. but there are
more halftones from photograp phs.
Mr. Monroe's Sicily" is an admirable
work Of the matter r-of-fact sort. 1t is
based on q winters travel through the
island and on some study of the litera-
ture OF his subject. II is not in the
suthors impressions SO much as it is in
his store Of facts that we find him worth
while. AS q collector Of information he
IS notably industrious. and the fruits of
his research are set forth in clear
p'orkmanlike manner. He recites his
historical passages with no attempt at
hne writing. and in the long run this
makes him. Of course. only the more in
iefssting. The chapters which bring the
subject down from Sicilian origins to the
exploits II Garibaldi and the conditions
Of the present day provide, indeed, just
what the general reader requires. This
psrt Of his task once disposed OF. he
writes effectively OF educational and eco
nornic topics Of Sicilian literature. music
and art. rand postrays with fair vivid
ness the chief points Of interest There
are many good hslftones from photo
graphs in the book and there is a useful
map.
In his boyhood MI Paine read Mark
Twain's "Innocents Abroad and il fired
hlna with an ambition 10 follow in the
authors footsteps. Years later he came
10 realize something OF his childhood's
dream. and in The Ship Dwellers' he
seils US all about it. He tells us, per-
haps. too much, but the vein IN which
ne writes presently beguiles US into good
humored acceptance Of his somewhat
sentimental interest IN little things. and
as ree 60 on we enter with abundant
sympathy into his enjoyment Of all that
ne saw al Genoa and at Malta, at Con
stsntinople and in the Holy Land, and
among the monuments Of ancient Egypt.
Mr. Pane is not professional humorist
IN this book. but he takes all Of his ex-
yeriences with & smile, and on many of
his. pages there are touches like the fol-
lowing i am not a gifted person; L
cannot write about existing places and
things without seeing them, and I am
afraid 70 steal from the guidebook-un-
iutelIigently, mean" Obviously, Mr.,