Italian castles and country seats . ingamong the young oaks, gathered up one after anotherthe streams, which ran on together to form the peaceful,quiet lake encircled with great chestnuts and willows. While this new gardening, which follows the Eng-lish idea, is beautiful of course, there is a certain poetryand charm about the old-time formal garden of Italy,and I was very glad that the Prince had left unchangedone part of the old park, encircled by ancient trees,as an object consecrated, in a way, to a generationthat is past and an art that is well-nigh lost. It ischarming to visit these old
Italian castles and country seats . ingamong the young oaks, gathered up one after anotherthe streams, which ran on together to form the peaceful,quiet lake encircled with great chestnuts and willows. While this new gardening, which follows the Eng-lish idea, is beautiful of course, there is a certain poetryand charm about the old-time formal garden of Italy,and I was very glad that the Prince had left unchangedone part of the old park, encircled by ancient trees,as an object consecrated, in a way, to a generationthat is past and an art that is well-nigh lost. It ischarming to visit these old country houses, to which,generation after generation, the older members of thefamily retire from the gay world to spend their quietdays in rest and comfort; and surely these villas ofItaly are homes in every sense of the word—homes thathave been with each succeeding head of the familyimproved, embellished, and in most cases is a presumption entirely unwarranted that theAnglo-Saxon vaunts himself of the word home,[268]. SALON OF PRINCESS MOLFETTA-SCOTTI Daughter of Duchess of Melzi dEril, in the Jilia Scottiat 0 r e n 0 , near Milan AND COUNTRY SEATS claiming that it does not exist in the Latin spelling of the four letters may be missing, butthe sentiment is quite as evident in an Italian house-hold as anywhere in the world. It was delightful to-day to see the Princess sur-rounded by her eight children, and when she introducedthe Countess Borromeo, I thought she was presentingme to a younger sister, and could hardly believe myeyes when the Princess told me that the tall youngwoman beside her was her daughter; more than allthat, that she herself had recently become a proud andhappy grandmother. I assure you she does not lookover thirty years of age, nor does the Prince show themark of years that must have brought many cares andresponsibilities in the rearing of these eight vivaciouschildren. The boys accompanied us through the park,and on returning to
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