Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . VINTAGE IN TUSCANY. FLORENCE. 1S1. COLOSSAL STATUE OF THE APENNINE IN THE PARK AT PRATOLINO. Blooming defiles lead into stern stony valleys. In the valley of the Ema, on anabrupt eminence, stands the Certosa, glittering white in the sunshine. It containsdelicately carved cloisters, ornamented with paintings in the interior courts, and marblefountains which betray the hand of some great master of the Cinque Cento; and from thecells the eye roves enchanted over hill, and dale, and rugged mountain. The valley of 182 ITALY. the Arno immediately above Florence of
Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna . VINTAGE IN TUSCANY. FLORENCE. 1S1. COLOSSAL STATUE OF THE APENNINE IN THE PARK AT PRATOLINO. Blooming defiles lead into stern stony valleys. In the valley of the Ema, on anabrupt eminence, stands the Certosa, glittering white in the sunshine. It containsdelicately carved cloisters, ornamented with paintings in the interior courts, and marblefountains which betray the hand of some great master of the Cinque Cento; and from thecells the eye roves enchanted over hill, and dale, and rugged mountain. The valley of 182 ITALY. the Arno immediately above Florence offers another picture full of cheerfulness andbeauty. Villa succeeds villa, gardens rise on terraces one above the other, little villagesnestle down by the rivers brink, on the mountain ridges stand ruined castles. We arefar from the city, in a solitude, but the brightest and most blooming solitude imaginable,with pillared edifices, fountains, gay-coloured garden-beds, ancient cypress trees, andgroves of evergreens! As we advance up the course of the river the valley
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