The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21).
VOLUME XVII. Later National Literature, Part II.

XIV. Travellers and Explorers, 1846–1900.

§ 29. Italy.


Italy is not behind Egypt as regards American travelliterature. There is W. D. Howells  14  with Italian Journeys in 1867 and Venetian Life of the year before; James Jarvis Jackson with Italian Sights and Papal Principalities Seen through American Spectacles (1856), and Helen Hunt Jackson’s Bits of Travel (1873).   95

Note 14. See Book III, Chap. XI. [ back ]