A Confession by Walter Savage Landor
The speaker disclaims pride and disdain for the crowd, seeking to separate his verses from popular reception. He notes others please with ease while his own lines may seem dull yet hope for a listener willing to hear simple verse.
The New Renaissance and Venice in the Old World
The piece surveys how literary movements fade when faced with rational critique and lauds Gaston Boissier and Venice a study in how geography and aristocracy shaped its governance. It notes debonair scholars, moral heroines, and the political rigor behind Venice's republic and doge’s role.
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Francis Gribble
Oxford
Punch
Union
Atsthete
Mr. Gribble
Paris
Gaston Boissier
M. René Pichon
Revue Des Deux Mondes
Boissier
Nimes
Gaston Phobus
Ecole Normale
M. Pichon
Academy
Sydney Smith
Macaulay
M. Picton
Venice
Padua
Republic
Mr. Brown
Francesco Bussone
Caminola
Filippo Visconti
Francesco Carrara
Piazza di San Marco
Brown
Illuminating Chapters in Her History of Venice
A review of Horatio F. Brown's Studies in the History of Venice, praising the author’s informal scholarly style and humanist perspective. Notes the book’s depth of sources, but highlights the central Venice governance evolution and the wary power of the ruling caste over the elective Doge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Byzantium
Mr. Brown
Horatio F. Brown
E. P. Dutton & Co
Sala del Provego
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Walter Savage Landor
New York
Ibsen
Mr. Shaw
Crown
Hfe
Dooge
Ducal
Rome
Maggior Consiglio
Pregadi
Piazza OF ST. Mark
Turner
Age Tian
Council of Ten
Marino Faber
Stra