27 JULY 1878, page 18

The Renaissance In Italy.*

[FIRST NOTICE.] THOUGH it has long since been observed how clearly de- fined, as a rule, have been the epochs of the highest human attainment, preceded and followed by......

A Quaint Picture Of Peasant Life.* That There Still Remain

some few portions of Alpine Europe where "time-hallowed customs and relics of medimval life" have not altogether disappeared, before the annually increasing, ruthless horde of......