FICTION AND TRAVEL
By F. Hopkinson Smith.
TOM GROGAN. Illustrated. 12mo, gilt top, $1.50.
A GENTLEMAN VAGABOND, AND SOME OTHERS.16mo, $1.25.
COLONEL CARTER OF CARTERSVILLE. With 20illustrations by the author and E. W. Kemble. 16mo,$1.25.
A DAY AT LAGUERRE’S, AND OTHER DAYS. Printedin a new style. 16mo, $1.25.
A WHITE UMBRELLA IN MEXICO. Illustrated by theauthor. 16mo, gilt top, $1.50.
GONDOLA DAYS. Illustrated, 12mo, $1.50.
WELL-WORN ROADS OF SPAIN, HOLLAND, ANDITALY, traveled by a Painter in search of the Picturesque.With 16 full-page phototype reproductions ofwater-color drawings, and text by F. Hopkinson Smith,profusely illustrated with pen-and-ink sketches. A Holidayvolume. Folio, gilt top, $15.00.
THE SAME. Popular Edition. Including some of theillustrations of the above. 16mo, gilt top, $1.25.
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GONDOLA DAYS
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GONDOLA DAYS
BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND
COMPANY THE RIVERSIDE
PRESS CAMBRIDGE 1897
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY F. HOPKINSON SMITH
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
NOTE
THE text of this volume is the same as that of“Venice of To-Day,” recently published by theHenry T. Thomas Company, of New York, as a subscriptionbook, in large quarto and folio form, withover two hundred illustrations by the Author, in colorand in black and white.
PREFATORY
I HAVE made no attemptin these pagesto review the splendorsof the past, or to probethe many vital questionswhich concern the present,of this wondrousCity of the Sea. Neitherhave I ventured to discuss the marvels of herarchitecture, the wealth of her literature andart, nor the growing importance of her commerceand manufactures.
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