Venice

THE QUEEN OF THE ADRIATIC

By

CLARA ERSKINE CLEMENT

Author of "Naples, the City of Partbenope," "Constantinople, the City of the Sultans," etc.

Illustrated

BOSTON Dana Estes and Company PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1893 BY ESTES AND LAURIAT

All rights reserved

COLONIAL PRESS Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston, U.S.A.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER

I. To-Day and Long Ago

II. A Summer Day

III. The Doges: their Power and their Achievements

IV. The Venetians at Constantinople

V. Modern Processions and Festivals

VI. Gradenigo, Tiepolo, and the Council of Ten

VII. Murano and the Glass-Makers

VIII. Marino Faliero; Vettore Pisani and Carlo Zeno

IX. Burano and Torcello

X. The Two Foscari; Carmagnola and Colleoni

XI. An Autumn Ramble

XII. Venetian Women: Caterina Cornaro, Rosalba Carriera

XIII. The Archives of Venice

XIV. The Treasures of the Piazza

XV. Glory, Humiliation, Freedom

XVI. Saints and Others

XVII. Historians and Scholars

XVIII. Palaces and Pictures

XIX. The Accademia; Churches and Scuole

INDEX

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

The Bridge of Sighs (Photogravure) ... Frontispiece

Cathedral of San Marco

Ducal Palace

Festival Scene, Bridge of the Rialto

Church of Santa Maria Della Salute

Bridge of the Rialto

Molo of San Marco; Columns of Execution

The Piazzetta; Ducal Palace; San Marco

Panorama from the Campanile of St. Mark

Museo Civico; formerly Palazzo Ferrara, later Fondaco dei Turchi

Piazza of St. Mark

Horses of St. Mark

Campanile of St. Mark

Torre dell' Orologio; Clock Tower

Ca' d' Oro, on the Grand Canal

Dario Palace, on the Grand Canal

Court of the Ducal Palace; Giants' Staircase

THE QUEEN OF THE ADRIATIC;

OR,

VENICE, MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN.