ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION xvii
6. I Mr. and Mrs. Prescott request the honour 1
7. II Your description of men and places is very entertaining 23
8. III By the time I am 30, (God willing) I propose 47
9. IV Down the stream of Italian narrative poetry we have wandered 69
10. V Finally for the hundredth time I confirm my preference and choice 84
11. VI Twenty noctographs I can read for and 103
12. VII Mr. Prescott's work is one of the most successful 130
13. VIII My journal is paved, like some other places 154
14. IX Y con mis ojos oygo hablar los muertos 179
15. X I have lost the greatest stimulus, and 217
16. XI The triumph of moral power over the physical 244
17. XII . . . the most brilliant visit ever made to England 279
18. XIII The evening of life is coming 316
19. Manuscript Collections Cited 353
20. Index 355