. The Italy of the Italians. hours in the saddle without feeling theleast fatigue or discomfort; he can remain for long periodswithout taking food. It is true that his present good healthand vigour were acquired by painful measures, and it is notunknown in Italy that the young prince might have becomeconsumptive had not the King, his father, changed the severecurriculum of studies just in time, and given his son permissionto travel, and leave his tutors and masters for months voyages the young prince took during those years ofill-health, besides affording him a vast amount of info
. The Italy of the Italians. hours in the saddle without feeling theleast fatigue or discomfort; he can remain for long periodswithout taking food. It is true that his present good healthand vigour were acquired by painful measures, and it is notunknown in Italy that the young prince might have becomeconsumptive had not the King, his father, changed the severecurriculum of studies just in time, and given his son permissionto travel, and leave his tutors and masters for months voyages the young prince took during those years ofill-health, besides affording him a vast amount of information,by which he amply profited, completely restored his health,though he to this day has the outward appearance of frailty,and is undersized in stature. It has been said that Victor Emmanuel III much resemblesthe German Emperor. A wide application must, in this case,be given to the word resembles. Victor Emmanuelhas revealed himself as a man of clear conceptions andiron will, but the Italian constitution does not afford. riwto by Fill. D. AUsijiidii, Rome HIS IIAJESTY THE KING OF ITALY The King 13 him the power of making and unmaking possessed by his august cousin, nor is it at all likely that he would wish to pose as a vice-God on earth. ^ w°th«i° ^^ °^^ phase of his character, but inGerman Emperor, only one, Victor Emmanuel truly seems toresemble William of HohenzoUern, andthat is in his supreme strength of will. On ascendingthe throne, the first words he uttered were words thatannounced his firmness, words that caused hope to springonce more in the hearts of the Italian people. In fact, the one thing which has struck all Italians is that Victor Emmanuel III has from the first shown himself intelligent. For some reason unexplained the Crown*Prfnce P^°P^^ ^^^ grown to believe him a fool. Thereason may be sought in the fact that he li^vedin much retirement and never caused the public to talk of himor of his deeds. In these days, when all the small fry ofliterature and
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