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Title: Italy from the Alps to Mount Etna
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: Stieler, Karl, 1842-1885 Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, Antonio, conte, 1843-1913, former owner. IU-R Paulus, Eduard, 1837-1907 Kaden, Woldemar, 1838-1907 Trollope, Frances Eleanor, d. 1913 Trollope, Thomas Adolphus, 1810-1892
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Publisher: London : Chapman and Hall
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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THE ■ ■ OF ■■• LA GO MA GGIORE. 109 one of those marvellous islands which lie like enchanted gardens in the midst of thewaters. The little towns dotted along the edge of the lake have an air of old-fashionedsimplicity ;—there is a tiny port with dark-coloured boats, a broad stone quay, the houseshave open arcades in front of them, and attractive-looking gardens ; the streets are steepand narrow, and the heights above are crowned with crumbling ruins. The busiestmoment of the day is that when the steamer stops at the landing-place, and theinhabitants crowd round the newly arrived strangers. At other times only the heavy-laden diligence passes by, or the vetturino with jingling bells to his horses. The town-hall, the post-house, and so forth, are the principal buildings in every little town, and theiroccupants the most important personages; the population is lively, good-natured, andindustrious. Such is the aspect of the hamlets and townlets on Lago Maggiore,—Pallanza and

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