. Annals of medical history. nce thathe appreciated all this. There can be noquestion that Montaigne enjoyed everjf-thing enjoyable; but he was making notesof a journey notwriting a guide-book or a diary,and scenery mayhave been tooprovocative ofrevery and in-trospection tobe altogetherpleasant for aman in thethroes of an in-curable all events hedoes not dilateon his are men-tioned as incidents of the day and no more,often interlarded between matters whollyforeign to himself and relating to somethingthat happened days before. If there was a single side of himselfwhi
. Annals of medical history. nce thathe appreciated all this. There can be noquestion that Montaigne enjoyed everjf-thing enjoyable; but he was making notesof a journey notwriting a guide-book or a diary,and scenery mayhave been tooprovocative ofrevery and in-trospection tobe altogetherpleasant for aman in thethroes of an in-curable all events hedoes not dilateon his are men-tioned as incidents of the day and no more,often interlarded between matters whollyforeign to himself and relating to somethingthat happened days before. If there was a single side of himselfwhich he did not throw open to the publicgaze it was the strictly emotional or senti-mental side. But Montaigne was not amaterialist, or beyond the reach of subtleand mysterious inlluences, and he lovedbeauty. There is no luart so cllVmiiiatc, that therattle and sound of our drums and trumpetswill not cnflamc with courage; nor so sullen, thatthe harmony of our music will not rouse andcheer; nor so stubborn a soul, that will not. Caryatids, \ill. feel itself struck with some reverence, in con-sidering the gloomy vastness of our churches,the variety of ornaments, and order of ourceremonies, and to hear the solemn music ofour organs, and the grace and devout harmonyof our voices. (The Apology.) In a personal notebook of travel therewas certainly little occasion to rhapsodizeover things universally known. On the otherhand he is circumstantial about all thatwas striking in out-of-the-way places. Ofthe fountains at Bagnaia he says that thearchitect has touched the highest pointof art, beauty and grace. He waxesexpansive overthe superb coun-try home of theFarnese familyat portrait ofPico della Mi-randola whichhe saw atUrbino is de-scribed in notes doactually aboundin appreciativeallusions to allnatural delays leav-ing Ancona to enjoy the beautiful pros-pect of the town and its situation. Thesite of Empoli is most lovely. He wascharmed by the scenery al
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