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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF MY CHILDHOOD
CHAPTER II.
THE VISIT TO THE CATACOMBS.- I BECOME A CHORISTER. THE
LOVELY ANGEL-CHILD. — THE IMPROVISATORE
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CHAPTER X.
A YEAR LATER. THE ROMAN CARNIVAL. -THE SINGER
CHAPTER XI.
BERNARDO AS DEUS EX MACHINA.
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"LA PRUOVA D'UN OPERA
MY FIRST IMPROVISATION. -THE LAST DAYS OF THE
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99
CHAPTER XII.
LENT. — ALLEGRI'S MISERERE IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL.
BERNARDO. ANNUNCIATA
CHAPTER XIII.
THE PICTURE GALLERY. A MORE PRECISE EXPLANATION.
EASTER. THE TURNING POINT OF MY HISTORY
141
CHAPTER XV.
THE PONTINE MARSHES. -TERRACINA. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
-FRA DIAVOLO'S NATIVE CITY. THE ORANGE-GARDEN AT
MOLO DI GAETA. THE NEAPOLITAN SIGNORA. NAPLES . 156
PAIN AND CONSOLATION. — NEARER ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE SIG-
NORA. -THE LETTER. HAVE I MISUNDERSTOOD HER?
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING. - MY DÉBUT IN SAN CARLO
CHAPTER XIX.
SANTA. THE ERUPTION. - OLD CONNECTIONS
CHAPTER XX.
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194
205
JOURNEY TO PÆSTUM. THE GRECIAN TEMPLE. - THE BLIND GIRL 218
OLD DOMENICA. - THE DISCOVERY. THE EVENING IN NEPI.
THE BOATMAN'S SONG. — VENICE
-THE NIECE OF THE
CHAPTER XXVI.
248
253
276
THE REMARKABLE OBJECTS IN VERONA.—THE CATHEDRAL OF
THE MEETING AT THE TRIUMPHAL ARCH OF NAPO-
MILAN.
LEON. DREAM AND REALITY. THE BLUE GROTTO