Italian Backgrounds

Wharton's 1901-04 travels yielded nine ruminations about Italy, its culture, and the art of being a perceptive visitor. Includes "An Alpine Posting-Inn, " "A Midsummer Week's Dream, " "The Sanctuaries of the Pennine Alps, " "What the Hermits Saw, " "A Tuscan Shrine, " "Sub Umbra Liliorum, " "March in Italy, " and "Picturesque Milan."