Italian castles and country seats . copy, you remem-ber, is on Mr. Bennetts building of the New YorkHerald. We hurried on over a delightful road to Bergamo,where we concluded not to stop, for we can easily motorout to the town from here. The country from Ber-gamo to Lecco (the town situated at the head of thatportion of the Lake of Como to which it gives its name)is picturesque in the extreme. During the latter partof the journey near Erba, and around the head ofthe other arm of Lake Como to Cernobbio, are scat-tered innumerable beautiful villas, nestled away midflowery gardens on steep hillsi
Italian castles and country seats . copy, you remem-ber, is on Mr. Bennetts building of the New YorkHerald. We hurried on over a delightful road to Bergamo,where we concluded not to stop, for we can easily motorout to the town from here. The country from Ber-gamo to Lecco (the town situated at the head of thatportion of the Lake of Como to which it gives its name)is picturesque in the extreme. During the latter partof the journey near Erba, and around the head ofthe other arm of Lake Como to Cernobbio, are scat-tered innumerable beautiful villas, nestled away midflowery gardens on steep hillsides; and the much-vaunted Brianza, as this section of country is called,fully came up to my expectation, with its manymountains, lakes, beautiful clear air, and soft, warm,autumn sunshine. This Hotel Villa dEste was builtoriginally by the powerful family of Gallio, but wassold in 1815 to the Princess Caroline of Wales. Theeccentric and unfortunate consort of the then Regentof England had already begun her long peregrinationsfi88 1. GARDENS OF THE HOTEL VILLA D ESTE Once the Villa of II. M. Queen Caroline of England,at C e r n 0 b b i 0, Lake Coma AND COUNTRY SEATS that in the course of five years brought her to gave to the villa its present name, Este, as thatbelonging to the House of Hanover, then on the throneof England, which had its most ancient origin fromthe Guelphs. Queen Caroline, you remember, was aniece of George HI and the daughter of the Dukeof Brunswick. She made large additions and embellish-ments to the villa, and the dedication was an occasionof elaborate and brilliant festivity. Bernardo Bellini,who was a friend and court singer to the Princess, andoften visited her during her stays on the lake, publishedon this occasion a song which began thus: Dove Lario piu ridenteSpecchio fa di Plinio al nidoCaro a Venere e a CupidoAureo tetto accoglie in sen. Where the Larlo, laughing,A mirror makes so rareOf Plinys happy love-nest,Dear to Love and Venus fair,And
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