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
Picturesque Milan