Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937 · New York : Charles Scrinber's Sons · leaf 36
the Madesimo: Switzerland still in everyaspect, but with a promise of Itah^ in the namesof the dreary villages. Visible Italy began with thevalley of the Lira, where, in a wild Salvator Rosalandscape, the beautiful campanile of the jNIadonnaof Gallevaggio rises above embowering walnuts.After that… … A MIDSUMMER WEEKS DREAM overflowed the terraces of rough masonry, and be-tween the walnut-groves there were melon-patchesand fields of maize. As we approached Chiavenna a thick bloom of heatlay on the motionless foliage, and the mountains hunghke thunder-clouds on the horizon. There was some-thing…
Art -- Italy · Italy -- Description and travel
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