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Published May 1904

Reprinted 1906, 1912

PAGE
Arrival and First Impressions	3
History	17
A Glimpse into Bohemia	39
Architecture	55
St. Mark's	77
Painters of the Renaissance	91
Streets, Shops, and Courtyards	125
The Islands of the Lagoon	149
Social Ups and Downs	173
Gondolas and Gondoliers	193

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1.	Crossing the Piazza	Frontispiece
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2.	Grand Canal, showing Tower of St. Geremia	2
3.	A Pink Palace	4
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