PIAZETTA at Venice, with Columns of the Lion and of St. Theodore.

Island of San Giorgio in distance.

"I loved her from my boyhood-she to me Was as a fairy city of the heart, Rising like water-columns from the sea,

Of joy the sojourn, and of wealth the mart.

A Selection of the Poems and Letters of

LORD BYRON

Relating to his life in Italy

Edited by

ANNA BENNESON MCMAHAN

With Sixty Illustrations
from Photographs

London

T. FISHER UNWIN

Adelphi Terrace

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About two-thirds of the illustrations of this volume are from the photographs of Alinari Brothers, Florence. Many of the others have been furnished by friends interested in the places celebrated by Byron.

MEM AOKR