What could be more awe-inspiring than waking up in Venice in 1898 and having all day to float?  Come relish the canals in the gondola with our author of Gondola Days, as he waxes lyrical on all things Venetian, from sunshine to the skyline full of spires and domes, and including his beloved gondolier, Espero G.! 

As our beloved current-day Venice is struggling with the high water, let's not forget her powerful history. The invitation is there to look up some of the names and events mentioned. In Victorian days, there were so many pre-Italy events that were not-so-long-ago to F. Hopkinson Smith, but that we have not remembered.