STORIES FROM THE HISTORY OF ITALY, IN A CONNECTED SERIES, FROM THE INVASION OF ALARIC TO THE PRESENT TIME. ADVERTISEMENT. THE following sketches, deserving in many instances only the name of anecdotes, may serve to give a general idea of Italian history to young people, and, it is hoped, may excite a desire to refer to the works from which they have been drawn ; as, with every endeavour to compress into the prescribed limits as much information as possible, many interesting facts have necessarily been omitted. Clemency of Luitprand (See Vignette, title page.) The Ungrateful Veronese The Venetian Bridals Italian Manners in the year 1300 Italian Revenge . The Tower of Famine Rise of the Visconti Castruccio Castracani Cola Rienzi The Great Pestilence The First Pisan War |