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CALLE DEL PISTOR Frontispiece
ORNAMENTAL HALF-TITLE Facing page xii
THE COUNCIL CHAMBER OF THE DOGES. IN OTHELLO’S TIME 6
THE OTHELLO HOUSE ""10
PETRARCH AND LAURA Page 16
THE HOUSE OF PETRARCH Facing page 20
A CHARACTERISTIC CANAL ""26
BYRON’S PALACE ""30
THE RIALTO BRIDGE. AS SHYLOCK KNEW IT ""32
ENTRANCE TO THE MERCERIA ""34
CASA FALIER, WHERE MR. HOWELLS LIVED ""40
GOLDONI’S STAIRCASE ""42
GOLDONI’S STATUE ""44
BYRON’S STUDY IN THE ARMENIAN MONASTERY ""48
THE “NOAH CORNER” OF THE DOGE’S PALACE ""56
THE HOUSE IN WHICH BROWNING DIED ""60