ART AND NATURE

UNDER AN ITALIAN SKY.

By M. J. M. D.

"Fair Italy!

Thou art the garden of the world, the home
Of all Art yields, and Nature can decree;
Even in thy desert, what is like to thee?
Thy very weeds are beautiful, thy waste

More rich than other climes' fertility;

Thy wreck a glory, and thy ruin graced

With an immaculate charm which canrot be defaced."

BYRON.

LONDON: THOMAS NELSON AND SONS.

EDINBURGH AND NEW YORK.

MDCCCLX.

TO

THE DUCHESS OF HAMILTON

THIS VOLUME

IS DEDICATED AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION

BY M. J. M. D.