Boston: James R. Osgood, 1872. First edition, second issue, enlarged with the addition of a 70-page final chapter. BAL 9560; Smith, American Travellers Abroad, H143. Howells’ fourth book and his second travel narrative about Italy, both of which were based on experiences when he was the American consul at Venice.....
London: Chapman and Hall, 1863. Second edition, published shortly after the first. BAL 19258; cf. Smith, American Travelers Abroad, S200, which records an 1887 edition. A popular travel narrative about Rome by the American sculptor William Wetmore Story (1819-1895), who was a talented writer, as well. The title of "Roba,".....
London: John Murray, 1819. First edition. Colbert; Robinson, page 275; Pine-Coffin, page 175; ODNB. The first of two travel narratives by English poet Marianne Baillie (1775-1831), written with a "ladylike attitude to touring" (Robinson), in which she extols the beautiful, but is easily uncomfortable with surroundings to which she is.....