Our Italy. Charles Dudley Warner

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       Charles Dudley Warner

      Our Italy

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4064066191733

Table of Contents

       ILLUSTRATIONS.

       OUR ITALY.

       CHAPTER I.

       HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE.

       CHAPTER II.

       OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN.

       CHAPTER III.

       EARLY VICISSITUDES.—PRODUCTIONS.—SANITARY CLIMATE.

       CHAPTER IV.

       THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT.

       CHAPTER V.

       HEALTH AND LONGEVITY.

       CHAPTER VI.

       IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE?

       CHAPTER VII.

       THE WINTER ON THE COAST.

       CHAPTER VIII.

       THE GENERAL OUTLOOK.—LAND AND PRICES.

       CHAPTER IX.

       THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION.

       CHAPTER X.

       THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS.

       CHAPTER XI.

       SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT.

       CHAPTER XII.

       HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET.—FURTHER DETAILS OF LOCALITIES.

       CHAPTER XIII.

       THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD.

       CHAPTER XIV.

       A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES.

       CHAPTER XV.

       SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY.—YOSEMITE.—MARIPOSA TREES.—MONTEREY.

       CHAPTER, XVI.

       FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT.—THE LAGUNA PUEBLO.

       CHAPTER XVII.

       THE HEART OF THE DESERT.

       CHAPTER XVIII.

       ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CAÑON.—THE UNIQUE MARVEL OF NATURE.

       APPENDIX.

       A CLIMATE FOR INVALIDS.

       THE COMING OF WINTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

       COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURE AROUND THE WORLD.

       CALIFORNIA AND ITALY.

       FIVE YEARS IN SANTA BARBARA.

       Observations made at San Diego City, compiled from Report Of the Chief Signal Officer of the U. S. Army.

       EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD.

       EXTREMES OF HEAT AND COLD.— Continued.

       STATEMENTS OF SMALL CROPS.

       INDEX.

ILLUSTRATIONS.

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