Table of Contents -01- About this book -02- HOW OUR ITALY IS MADE -03- OUR CLIMATIC AND COMMERCIAL MEDITERRANEAN -04- EARLY VICISSITUDES -05- THE WINTER OF OUR CONTENT -06- HEALTH AND LONGEVITY -07- IS RESIDENCE HERE AGREEABLE -08- THE WINTER ON THE COAST -09- THE GENERAL OUTLOOK -10- THE ADVANTAGES OF IRRIGATION -11- THE CHANCE FOR LABORERS AND SMALL FARMERS -12- SOME DETAILS OF THE WONDERFUL DEVELOPMENT -13- HOW THE FRUIT PERILS WERE MET -14- THE ADVANCE OF CULTIVATION SOUTHWARD -15- A LAND OF AGREEABLE HOMES -16- SOME WONDERS BY THE WAY -17- FASCINATIONS OF THE DESERT -18- THE HEART OF THE DESERT -19- ON THE BRINK OF THE GRAND CAÑON