# Our Italy

Author: Warner, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900

Genre: Category: Travel Writing

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28506

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Our+Italy+Warner&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The traveller who descends into Italy by an Alpine pass never forgets the surprise and delight of the transition. In an hour he is whirled down the slopes from the region of eternal snow to the verdure of spring or the ripeness of summer. Suddenly--it may be at a turn in the road--winter is left behind; the plains of Lombardy are in view; the Lake of Como or Maggiore gleams below; there is a tree; there is an orchard; there is a garden; there is a villa overrun with vines; the singing of birds is heard; the air is gracious; the slopes are terraced, and covered with vineyards; great sheets of silver sheen in the landscape mark the growth of the olive; the dark green orchards of oranges and...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/our-italy-28506/chapters/14/index.md)