Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Blackgown Papers, Vol. 2
The English pilgrim is thus saved the trouble of having a taste or a will Of his own. He knows every sight and show that is to be seen. Beyond, there is only chaos and wilderness; hard roads, hard beds, and harder fare; bandits, vampires, and Lestrigons. With an eye to his comforts, he never ventures beyond the confines of English Italy. The volleys of sugar-plums at Naples, the mummeries of Passion-week at Rome, are all he studies of Italian life. His types Of national cha racter are drawn from the courtier-prelates who procure him the honour Of kissing the pope's toe, or from the half-naked lazzaroni, among whom he fiings a handful of coppers to enjoy the fine fun of setting them by the ears, or to see them swallow a yard of maccaroni at one effort. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
