The Argosy . o be hoped see Rome anddie has also beensaid, which seemsto bring us to aconflict of opin-ions. Whilst, inthe third place, toGeorge Sand no-thing more beau-tiful in the worldwas to be foundthan the Tyrol;and George Sandhad the greatestlove for and ap-preciation of na-ture in all hermoods. Perhaps she wasnot very far wrongconcerning theTyrol. There is a beauty about it and a romance that can scarcelybe found elsewhere. If its mountains have not the grandeur ofthose of Switzerland, they are more richly clothed, more undulatingand diversified in outline. You have wonderful ra
The Argosy . o be hoped see Rome anddie has also beensaid, which seemsto bring us to aconflict of opin-ions. Whilst, inthe third place, toGeorge Sand no-thing more beau-tiful in the worldwas to be foundthan the Tyrol;and George Sandhad the greatestlove for and ap-preciation of na-ture in all hermoods. Perhaps she wasnot very far wrongconcerning theTyrol. There is a beauty about it and a romance that can scarcelybe found elsewhere. If its mountains have not the grandeur ofthose of Switzerland, they are more richly clothed, more undulatingand diversified in outline. You have wonderful ravines and smallmountain passes without number. Rushing torrents career wildly ontheir way, making everlasting music in your charmed ears. There isno lovelier sound in nature, except it be the murmur of the wind,sighing and surging through forest trees. And this, too, is a soundof water; not of rushing mighty water, but of the surging of the seaon the shore. There are links in the animal world, and this is one. -y -y-^ Stolen Pleasures. 310 In Sunny Climes. of the links in the world of nature. Throw yourself down at middayon a forest greensward, close your eyes, and listen to the winds asthey whisper amongst the tree tops, and you may fancy yourself onsome far away sands revelling in the sound of the advancing tide. But this will not apply to the Mediterranean, for it is tideless; andfor the present we have to do with this tideless sea, and with noother. Nowhere is it more beautiful than at Naples. No other bay,perhaps, has so grand an expanse; that matchless curve of thirty-five miles, bounded by hills and plains—fertile and luxuriant as anyin the world. Perhaps it is more for its surroundings, its environs, its excursions,that Naples is so famous, than for the attractions of the city , indeed, are rather doubtful. The Chiaja, with its wavingtrees, bounded on one side by imposing houses, on the other by theblue flashing waters, is a magnificent thoroughfare; but t
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