HISTORIC STATES OF ITALY

A Series of Histories of the Italian States. Each State is treated as a separate entity; and the fulness of the treatment is determined by the importance of the State in Italian or European history.

These narrations are histories in the widest sense of the term. They describe not only the political life of the people, but treat also of the geographical conditions which influence their temperament, and affect those social and commercial impulses which in turn create or modify their political movements. At the same time, the history of the art and literature of each State is briefly told.

MILAN: The House of Sforza. By C. M. Ady
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PERUGIA. By William Heywood
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VERONA. By A. M. Allen
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NAPLES: The House of Anjou. Mr. G. Baskerville

NAPLES: The House of Aragon. Mr. E. C. Cleveland-Stevens

MILAN: The House of Visconti. Mr. L. Stampa

FERRARA. Mr. Horatio F. Brown

MANTUA. Miss M. I. Robertson

BOLOGNA. Mr. E. S. Lyttel

PARMA and PIACENZA. Miss B. A. Lees

THE HOUSE OF SAVOY. Mrs. H. M. Vernon

PISA. Mr. William Heywood

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CONTEMPORARY FRANCE
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GABRIEL HANOTAUX
Formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs

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