J. O. M., a memorable typeJefferies, R.Johnson, S.Johnston-Lavis, H. J.Jovana, meadow
Keller, G.Kew GardensKing of Italy, protects bearsKingfisher, a wary old oneKneeling boy, statueKnop, Professor
Lachner, V.Ladbroke Grove, its enlightened childrenLandlady, of Mentone; theLondon variety; she of Viareggio; of FlorenceLante, VillaLa Croce, mountainLa Rocca, villageLawrence, D. H.Laws, raison d'etre of ItalianLeuthold, H.Levanto, arrival at; situation; company at hotel; the local magistrate; stroll to MonterossoLicenzaLigurians, their bad characterLizard, making a friend of; a disconsolate oneLove affairs, Italian, how to conductLucianLucretilis, mountainLyme Regis
Macaroni, war-time substitutes; the right kindMaccarese, villageMachinery, cult of; depraves Italian characterMadonna della Neve, chapelMadonna di Tranquillo, wayside shrineMalariaMandelaMarblesMathew, Rev.Maudsley, H.MaupassantMazzella, S.MegaraMentone, recent transformation of; landscape; vegetation; produces dull schoolboys; prehistoric man ofMerle blanc, a meritorious establishmentMetaphysicians, atrophied poetsMeyer, C. F.Meysenbug, Malwida vonMichael Angelo; gets into troubleMigration of labourers, annualMill, J. S.Militarism, the moderninfámeMilvain BridgeMineralogyMomio, villageMonogamous habits, bad for songstersMons CanutariusMontalto, cliffMonte-Carlo, its well-groomed flowers; lamentable episode at CasinoMontecelioMonterossoMortella, cliffMortola, villageMosquitoes in RomeMoulinetMummies, PeruvianMunitions Office, develops a craving for bankersMure of Caldwell, travellerMuretta, mountainMuseum, Kircher; delle TermeMusicMythopoeic faculty, example of
Neighbours, an over-rated classNeranoNewspaper reading, to be discouragedNiceNietzsche, his blind spotNightingales, too much of a good thing; cease from troublingNinetta, an attractive maidenNose, degeneration of
Odysseus at AlatriOffice-hunters, should respect their bettersOlevano, its nightingales; oak grove at; first English resident atOpi, townOrnithologyOrte, townOrvinioOuida, her writings and character
Paestum, roses ofPais, Prof. E.PalombaroPantheonPatriotism, chilledPavements, life onPeira CavaPerfumes, react on physiognomyPersico, G. B.Pescasseroli; its bearsPeutinger TablePhilosophers, contradistinguished from metaphysiciansPiccadilly GoatPietrasantaPig, in distressPines, at Levanto; at ViareggioPisa in war-timePlaster-casts, how to dispose ofPlatoPlinyPollius FelixPontine MarshesPonza island, megalithic ruin onPortovenere, marblePotter, Major Frederick, discovers OlevanoPottery, index of national tastePowder magazine, explosion ofPreccia, mountainPrehistoric races, possible reasons for their extinctionPress, the daily, its disastrous functions"Prison, The," a Socratic dialogue
Race ideals, contrasted with individualRamage, Craufurd Tait, a centrifugal Scotsman, his book and umbrella;mania for hurrying; other travels of; compared with Waterton;on Italian country life; gets drunk; makes formal profession of sobriety;his tolerance; sensitive to female charms; still hustling; hishumanistic outlook; little failings; other publications; zest forknowledge; at LicenzaRat-huntsRavens, their conjugal fidelityReading, to be done with reverenceRecomone, inletRed colour, unfashionable in Italy; in favour with other racesRhetoric, necessary to success in courtshipRhodian marbleRipa, a liquid poisonRivers, ItalianRiviera, French, its inanity; typical visitors to; lack of native geniusRoccarasoRojateRolfe, NevilleRomanelli, painterRomans and British, their world dominion; unimaginative peopleRome, changed aspect of railway station; protestant cemetery; explosionnear; its fountains; tramcar nuisance; shadelessness; disadvantages ofsite; evening breeze; neglected cats; bad food; its building stone;unpleasant experience at; dearth of apartmentsRubinstein, A.
Sagittario, streamSaint DomenicoSaint-Jacques, chemin deSaint-Louis, bridgeSaint Martin, his caveSaint Michael, hermitageSalatino, Dr.Salis-Marschlins, U. vonSan Costanzo, mountain and chapelSan RemoSan RossoreSant' Egidio, hermitageSant' Elia, farmSaracinesca, villageScalambra, mountainScanno, cemetery at; memories of; revisitedSchadona passScheffel, V. vonSchopenhauer; anticipates "recognition marks"Scolastica, SaintSeatonSebastiani, A.SegniSelf-indulgence, a debased expressionSergi, Prof. G.Serpentaro, oak groveSerpents, with ears; human hatred ofSerrano, villageSerravezzaShelley, an evangelist; at Viareggio; recommends caverns to his readers, but lives comfortably himselfSiciliansSiena, in winter; a Florentine's opinion ofSirena, survival of nameSiren islets (Galli); ruin onSirocco in RomeSitting still, the true traveller's giftSleep, its sacred natureSmollettSnakesSnow, Dr. H.SoraSoracte, mountainSoriano; its pleasant tavernSospelSpeziaSpy-mania in ItalyStabiae (Castellamare)StatiusStraboStrega liqueur, horribly adulterated; how to stop the scandalSubiaco, strawberries atSunburn, pretty effects ofSurrentumSwinburne, H.Switzerland, its manifold beautiesSymonds, J. A.
Taxidermy, study ofTelephone, an abominationTermini, villageTerrata, mountainTheophrastusTiberTiryns, citadelTorco, villageTrafalgar Square, its faunaTrajan's ForumTramcars, an abominationTree-creeper, birdTrevi FountainTrifles, importance ofTruth-telling, a matter of longitude; not in vogue to-dayTuscan speech, its peculiar savour
Urquehart, D.
Valiante, MarquisValmontone; its upper terrace; capture of a deserter at,Pergola, tavernVelino, mountainVelletriVeniceVentimiglia, wine ofVerde antico, marbleVeroliVia Appia; Flaminia; Labiena; NomentanaViareggio, an objectionable place; its Vittoria hotel; pine woodsVictorians, their perverse sense of dutyVillalagoVilletta BarreaViterboVoss, R.
Wallace, A. R.Walpole, HoraceWar, the present, local opinions concerning; repercussion on thoughtfulnon-combatants; effects on agriculture War Office, pandemonium; confuses Turkish and RussianWaterton, C., a freakWhistling, denotes mental vacuityWhite, colour, unpopular in South ItalyWill-o'-the-wispWine, red and blackWolf, at Mentone; at FratturaWryneck, bird
Young, J.Youth, should be temperateYucca, plant
Zagarola"Zone of defense," drawbacks ofZurich, its attractions
1.There exists a fine one, but you must go to San Remo to see it.
2.Discovered, according to Corsi, in 1547, and not to be confounded with the yet more beautiful black and yellow Rhodian marble of the ancients.
3.SeeNorth American Review, September, 1913. Ramage's Calabrian tour of 1828, by the way, was an extremely risky undertaking. The few travellers who then penetrated into this country kept to the main roads and never moved without a military escort. One of them actuallyhired a brigandas a protection.
4.Sometimes at this season there is not the smallest trickle in the stream-bed--mere disconnected pools to show where the river was, and will be. Then you may walk across it, even in Florence. Grant Duff says he has seen the Arno "blue." So have I: a hepatic blue.
5.It afterwards passed into the hands of the German Crown Prince.
6.He was afterwards imprisoned for this, and has since died.
7.I am told the Florentines at no period adopted the method of the Parisians, and that I am also wrong in saying that the older monuments are in better condition than the new ones. We live and learn.
8.The late Henry Maudsley. He says, in one of his letters, "... I am writing without due consideration of the interesting point. But this possible explanation occurs to me: children are active motor machines, always restless and moving when not asleep. When asleep, the motor tendencies, being not quite passive, translate themselves into the dreaming consciousness of motion, pleasant or painful, according to bodily states pleasing or disturbing. As the muscles are almost passive in sleep, the outlet is into dreaming activity--into dreams of flying when bodily states are pleasant, into falling down precipices, etc., when they are out of sorts. This is quite a hasty reflection...."
9."The Prison. A Dialogue." By H. B. Brewster. (Williams and Norgate, 1891.)
10.Parkstone, Dorset. July 19, 1894. "Many thanks for your reference to Schopenhauer's remarks on Recognition Marks, which I thought I was the first to fully point out. It is a most interesting anticipation. I do not read German, but from what I have heard of his works he was the last man I should have expected to make such an acute suggestion in Natural History."
11.Written during the U-boat scare and food-restrictions.
12.Fecit!He poisoned himself with hydrocyanic acid on the 4th November, 1920.
13.This is the same gentleman who informs us, on page 166, "I have lived, however, very temperately, avoiding much wine." We learn from theDictionary of National Biographythat he was born in 1803; he must therefore have been twenty-five years old when he bemused the coastguard. Only twenty-five; and already at this stage. We are further told that he was tutor to somebody's son. Unhappy child!
14.Not all of them are true thistles. Abbadé'sGuide to the Abruzzi(1903) enumerates 1476 plants from this region.
15.Manifestly unfair, all this. For the rest, the critic, in speaking of a plot, may have meant what young ladies call by that name--a love intrigue, in which case he is to be blamed solely for misuse of a good word. I am consoled by the New YorkDialcalling my plot "rightly filmy." Nobody could have expressed it better.
16.Three spring months, at Florence, had been spent in making a scientific collection of local imprecations--abusive, vituperative or profane expletives; swear-words, in short--enriched with elaborate commentary. I would gladly print this little study in folk-lore as an appendix to the present volume, were it fit for publication.
17.Since this was written, the gospel of imperialism has made considerable progress in the peninsula.
18.This is a survival of the Greekkakkabos. Gargiuli and others have garnered Hellenic derivations among the place-names here, and to their list may be added that of the rock on which stood the villa of Pollius Felix; it is now known as Punta Calcarella, but used to be calledPetrapoli; pure Greek: Pollio's rock. There is still a mine of such material to be exploited by all who care to study the vernacular. The giant euphorbia, for instance, common on these hills, is locally known as "totomaglie"; pure Greek again:tithymalos.
19.Query: whether there be no connection between brachycephalism and this modern deification of machinery?
20.Robert L. Bowles, M.D. "Sunburn on the Alps" (Alpine Journal, November, 1888) and "The Influence of Light on the Skin" (British Journal of Dermatology, No. 105, Vol. 9).
21.It has now been cleaned--with inevitable results.
22.Maupassant himself was partial to scents. See his valet's diary.
23.Since this was written (1917) the condition of these beasts has improved. Somebody now feeds them--which could hardly have been expected during those stressful times of war, when bread barely sufficed for the human population. They are also fewer in numbers. Their owners, I fancy, can afford to keep them at home once more.
24.This is my last (7 July, 1894) and somewhat mysterious letter from the old fellow. "The question you ask is one of great ornithological importance and I believe has never been worked out, but I am absolutely afraid to ask any questions in the British Museum, as they jump at an idea and cut the ground from under the original man's feet. This I regret to say is my experience. I have been asked what does it matter who makes the discovery? I reply, 'Render unto Caesar, etc.' If you are going to work it out,keep it dark. The British Museum have not the necessary specimens--in this country I believe it is not known how the change takes place. I tried some years ago to work it out with live specimens, but failed because I could not get young birds. Now in answer to your question, my belief is that the young bird moults into the winter plumages direct and that this is changed into the full plumage in spring either by a spring moult or by a shedding of the tips of the feathers.This is private because it is theoretical, and for your private use to verify...."
Of the Finland seal, by the way, Dr. Günther wrote: "The skin differs in nothing from that of Phoca foetida. In the skull I observe that the nasal bones are conspicuously narrower than in typical specimens from the northern coasts. There is also a remarkable thinness of bone, a want of osseous substance; but it is impossible to say whether this is due to altered physical conditions or should be accounted for by the youth of the specimen, or whether it is an individual peculiarity."
25.Winter 1882-1883; possibly later.
26.The centre of this usage, so far as Europe is concerned, seems to have been the Caucasus.
27.I have been there since, and vainly endeavoured to track the legend to its lair. Its only possible foundation is that I possessed the ordinary tourists' map of the district.
28.Add to all the other varieties, now, the countless legions of theguardie regie, which threaten to absorb the entire youth of Italy. At this moment there is a distressing dearth of housing accommodation all over the peninsula; in Rome alone, they say, apartments are needed for 10,000 practically homeless persons, and a mathematician may calculate the number of houses required to contain them. How shall they ever be built, if all the potential builders are loafing about in uniforms at the public expense?
29.Some of these Beautiful Thoughts went through more than one edition.
30.From an old article: "I was pleased to observe on Ponza the relics of a great pre-Roman civilization. Above the town, where the cemetery now stands, is a likely site for a citadel, and on examining it from the sea I noticed, sure enough, a few blocks of prehistoric structure of the so-called Cyclopean type underneath a corner of the cemetery wall. There is a portion in better preservation between the 'Baths of Pilate' and the harbour, where a little path winds up from the sea. The blocks are joined without mortar, and some of them are over a metre in length. This megalithic wall may be taken to be contemporaneous with similar works of defence found in various parts of Italy, but I believe its existence on Ponza has not yet been recorded. Livy says that Volscians inhabited the island till they were supplanted by the Romans, and a tradition preserved by Strabo and Virgil locates here the palace of the enchantress Circe, who transformed the companions of Ulysses into bristly swine...." Some one may have anticipated me here again, as did Salis-Marschlins in the eighteenth century with those roses of Passtum whose disappearance Ramage, like every one else, laments--those roses which I thought I was the first to re-discover. They grow on the spot in considerable quantities, though one needs good eyes to see them. They are not flourishing as of yore, being dwarfs not more than a few inches in height. One which I carried away and kept three years in a pot and six more in the earth grew to a length of about sixteen feet, and is probably alive at this moment, I never saw a flower.
31.For the abject condition of these slaves (such they are) see Chapter VII ofThe Roman Campagnaby Arnaldo Cervesato.
32.Written in 1917.
33.D.H. Lawrence:Twilight in Italy.
34.The titleAlonestrikes me, on reflection, as rather an inapt one for this volume. Let it stand!