Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 6th December 1887, Edition 1 of 1, Page 1460

I and all . The story of Venice ! What a picture of grandeur , prosperity , glory , ambition , disaster and decay ! One is awed by the thought of it , and turns with more than curiosity to see how , any modern writer can tell the story ; not a story for dry chroniclers , for it has too much poetry for them , but a story that calls for the highest human sympathy in minds strong in shows belief , that lofty Mrs in . admiration Oliphant has , and seen firm the in sentiment desirableness . The of putting very title the , ' dry The chronicler Makers of aside "Venice , and , ' _^^^^^^^^^^ following in the same , I _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^____ ¦___ _^¦ ta _^ r j _^ _PiSj _8 _^ - ' ' _y _4 * ' - pv i _ _^^ _^ _- - _^ » _l _'' : " :: _^ _' _^ _- * i * _/ _'rV ' - _^ ' " _- ¦ , _^ : _r ; ¦ ' - _- ' " _fL _:- ' - ' _•' - ¦ : ' ¦ ' - _" _^ ¦ " _'r _TS ~'' ''' _' ' ' _^ ¦' " : ' ' ' ' ? _ife ... _^ _- _~ _-: ~ . _ " ' .- '" : " ™ _^' " _-j" ! . " _'T _? . : _??'¦ . _'t " 7 . " . . '¦ . 'ir ™; : :. ' *"" . ' ! . " ' " ' ..:: ¦ l - . _liT _'H : " ! " _- " " ~' . ¦ f "~ _j v \' ' . * ' _Zr _^ . " . * _^ ' . ' _^ i _^ - _'l ' : _^! ' .. _' ¦ s ' ' *¦ ' '¦¦ ' " _^ , \\\\ _^ H f \ . _dtf _* f _* TVi J . V V - _~• lT"l _ _i" _f _* T * r _^^ _11 Tl O _CT ____ ___ B __ E _~ liiiE _I _» _S » __ _ -M 9 _ ______________ i __ BB _ __|^_ K ___ a _€ __ - _^ rMnf _^^ f _^^' MB _* M _^ Hm————Ii _^_¦ _WcE" _ _^ r __ f __ Jv ; fer ¥ _~¦^ _MMMV _^^ r _^'^ MBTM il i :::: _^ i _^^ _^ i :: ' * _j _ _B _V _- ; _£ _^ _- :: _^ : ' _^ _¦ H € Jii j v Or Tilf i " 1 - _tSr _ _"N _^ _MR finn -i ¦ _^ _^^^^ P _^^ _T _^ _* r :: _^ _3 £ _y = _^ V _^ - _^ _US _^ 1 MM ! l _» Pil :: ::: " :-J ;' : ; _. * : liL ! _n ! : _' _- i it | : iii * jil- ¦' - r , i _"'* ' _* _~^ __| J— JL _^^___ JL O _^ K | _Bl ] iSS Eg jB _8 _M _^ — _^ j j _^ B JiVi _rs _Cjl lTVrl _ _fliTlt _RflVfl * hav _^^^ e _^ prized _^^^^ him _^^^ more _^^^ hi _^^ ghl _^^ y _^ than _^^^ his _^^ own _^^^ ; _^ but _^^^ the _^^ same _^^^^ paramount _^^^^^^^ attraction which mi of g the ht , idealised perhaps , historians and soverei , gn diarists city , , in occup which ied lay in all collecting their pride and , turned recording the earl everything y writers of that Venice concerned into chroniclers their city , , and , indifferent to individuals , devoted only to the glory and the story of the State . In later days this peculiarity , indeed , gave way , and a hundred piping voices rise to celebrate and the decadence luxury and of vice the great have come Republic in to ; degrade but by that the time tale into she one has of ceased endless to be pageantry a noble , spectacle deprived , perpetual of all ' meaning occupation —no longer of a debased the proud and corrupted occasional peop triump le . hs To of the a everlasting conquering loss race of , but the cit the y and mankind there was no Vasari in Venice . ' Is it not the case that the inhabitants of most _^^ - _, beautiful cities become _in-__^^^^^^^^^ _- __ _These verses begin a very beautiful poem in which the mother addresses words of love and along wisdom in to the her rolling child . rhymes Most that of the delig poems ht the , however ear 3 of , children are of a , who blithe as descri a rule ption are , not rattling to be & ¦ -a

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