Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . THE OLD SEMINARY, PIAZZA DEI SIGNORI IN VICENZA. LIBRARYOF THE n~ •> FROM VERONA TO THE ADRIATIC. 57 We are in Padua, in a town whose narrow nooks and alleys are surmounted bygigantic domes and towers. Presently we come out of the neglected ways into greatsolitary Piazzas and wide streets, added by later times to the original city ; but these, too,lose themselves in deserted gardens, and then all around becomes still and lonely. Apriest in a broad-brimmed hat reproving some children, itinerant vendors shouting theirwares with loud ec
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . THE OLD SEMINARY, PIAZZA DEI SIGNORI IN VICENZA. LIBRARYOF THE n~ •> FROM VERONA TO THE ADRIATIC. 57 We are in Padua, in a town whose narrow nooks and alleys are surmounted bygigantic domes and towers. Presently we come out of the neglected ways into greatsolitary Piazzas and wide streets, added by later times to the original city ; but these, too,lose themselves in deserted gardens, and then all around becomes still and lonely. Apriest in a broad-brimmed hat reproving some children, itinerant vendors shouting theirwares with loud echoing voices, and an artizan hammering at his work under an open door-way, were the first living figures we saw. Frequently the doors are replaced by a torncurtain, through whose rents we can look into the life going on in the dwelling, where agreenfinch twitters in a cage suspended from the ceiling. At the corners of the -walls youmay still read the relics of the demonstrations of 66. Vogliamo Vittorio Emanuele !Vogliamo £ Italia Una! &c. &c. Then
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